What is sufficient to prove probable cause for possession of a firearm?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzalez, G045469 (Cal. App. 2013):

believe a crime had been committed. (People v. Kraft (2000) 23 Cal.4th 978, 1043 ["[I]t is sufficient that the investigators have probable cause to believe the item is evidence of some crime"].)

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