Legal Question in Criminal Law in Illinois

Probable Cause

If an individual is arrested and interrogated by the

police without probable cause,but during the interro

gation he gives the police information of the involve

ment of another individual in an unrelated crime and

that person is arrested by the police solely on that

information,can the second person's arrest be surpres

sed,if the first person,s case is dismissed for lack

of probable cause?


Asked on 4/01/00, 1:16 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Zedrick Braden III

Re: Probable Cause

In practice this is not done. The

information obtained by police is

considered a tip, and based upon

the tip the police officers took

action.

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Answered on 4/20/00, 3:04 am


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