What is reasonable cause for an allegation of sexual assault?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ramcharran, 61 Misc.3d 234, 80 N.Y.S.3d 903 (N.Y. Crim. Ct. 2018):
People v. Casey , 95 N.Y.2d 354, 360, 717 N.Y.S.2d 88, 740 N.E.2d 233 [2000] ). Reasonable cause exists when "evidence or information which appears reliable discloses facts or circumstances ... of such weight and persuasiveness as to convince a person of ordinary intelligence ... that it is reasonably likely that such offense was committed and that such person committed it" ( CPL 70.10 [2 ] ).
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