What is the test for reasonable grounds in the context of privacy and crime prevention cases?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Grewall et al, 2000 BCSC 820 (CanLII):

The existence of reasonable grounds is critical to the balancing of the values of privacy and crime detection. As stated in Hunter v. Southam, supra at pp. 114-5: The state’s interest in detecting and preventing crime begins to prevail over the individual’s interest in being left alone at the point where credibly-based probability replaces suspicion.

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