California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Aho, 166 Cal.App.3d 984, 212 Cal.Rptr. 686 (Cal. App. 1985):
"The task of the issuing magistrate is simply to make a practical, common-sense decision whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit before him, including the 'veracity' and 'basis of knowledge' of persons supplying hearsay information, there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place." Illinois v. Gates, supra, 103 S.Ct. at p. 2332.)
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