Does a probable cause finding necessarily preclude challenges raised to the veracity of the arresting officer?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Greene v. Bank of Am., 186 Cal.Rptr.3d 887, 236 Cal.App.4th 922 (Cal. App. 2015):

Although plaintiff accurately describes the holding in Wige, supra, 713 F.3d 1183, his reliance on that holding is misplaced because the facts in Wige are distinguishable from the facts in his case. Citing Guenther v. Holmgreen, supra, 738 F.2d at page 884 for the proposition that in some circumstances a probable cause finding necessarily entails a rejection of challenges raised to the veracity of the arresting officer, the court in Wige explained that the state court at the preliminary

[186 Cal.Rptr.3d 897]

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