Probable cause may be defined as that standard or amount of evidence necessary to affect the arrest of an individual or that induces the belief in the minds of a reasonable officer that the accused probably committed a crime.

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Probable cause is a legal standard that requires a reasonable amount of suspicion, supported by circumstances sufficiently strong to justify a prudent and cautious person's belief that certain facts are probably true, including the belief that an individual has committed a crime, thereby justifying an arrest.

Probable Cause May Be Defined as That Standard or Amount