What is the "robable cause" for search?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sandoval, 164 Cal.App.3d 958, 211 Cal.Rptr. 1 (Cal. App. 1985):
"[P]robable cause for a search exists when an officer is aware of facts that would lead a man of ordinary caution and prudence to believe, and conscientiously to entertain, a strong suspicion that the object of the search is in the particular place to be searched." (Wimberly v. Superior Court, supra, 16 Cal.3d 557, 571, 128 Cal.Rptr. 641, 547 P.2d 417.)
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