What is the test for a charge of possession of a firearm under section 1524(4) of the Criminal Code?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Curley, 12 Cal.App.3d 732, 90 Cal.Rptr. 783 (Cal. App. 1970):
(4) The officer must have reasonable cause to believe the evidence tends to show the commission of the crime or tends to show that a particular person committed the crime. (Pen.Code, 1524(4); Warden v. Hayden, 387 U.S. 294, 87 S.Ct. 1642, 18 L.Ed.2d 782.)
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