What is the test for reasonable cause of arrest for possession of a firearm?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Bailey, Docket No. 07-3719(L), Docket No. 10-398(CON) (2nd Cir. 2014):
Fourth, the firearm that police had probable cause to think was in the subject premises was an easily transportable item of a sort frequently carried by drug dealers. See, e.g., United States v. Gaskin, 364 F.3d 438, 457 (2d Cir. 2004). These circumstances made it reasonable to suspect that one or the other of the men fitting the general description of the drug dealer "Polo" might be armed with the targeted weapon.
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