Legal Question in Criminal Law in Illinois

how is probable cause established
a friend of mine was being pursued by the police for
an agrravated assualt charge, and they chased him by
his grandmother's house. he never entered the house,
but he ran up on the front porch and jumped off of the rails into an adjacent vacant lot.instead of the officers going after the suspect they forced their
way into his grandmother's house. inside of the house were three family members, who asked the officers did they have a search warrant. the officers allegedly
got upset and started fighting with two of the family members. i want to know if the officers had probable cause to enter the grandmothers home without a search warrant.

Asked on 3/10/00, 12:53 am

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Re: how is probable cause established

Absolutely not! In that situation

the officers cannot argue that the

pursuit of your friend led them

into the grandmother's house. In fact

I think the three family members in

the house may have had their civil

rights violated!

Answered on 3/24/00, 3:37 am

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