Probable Cause

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1. Who must personally determine probable cause for a search warrant under Rule 126?
2. Probable cause for a search warrant under section 4 must connect with what?
3. What examination does Rule 126 section 5 require before issuance?
4. The applicant provides affidavits and asks the judge to issue a warrant without any personal searching examination beca…
5. A judge refuses every warrant application unless guilt has already been proved at a full criminal trial beyond reasonab…
6. An application identifies one alleged offense but offers facts only about items in Warehouse A. It also seeks a search …
7. A warrant is issued on unsupported assertions without the required pre-issuance examination. Officers later find incrim…
8. State the probable-cause safeguards for issuing a search warrant under Rule 126 sections 4–6.
9. Why do a police recommendation and submitted affidavits not dispense with the judge’s own examination for a search warr…
10. Distinguish probable cause for issuing a search warrant from proof of guilt at trial and from retroactive reliance on a…
11. What does Lavarias require beyond a general assertion when a compelling reason must support filing outside the crime’s …
12. Does merely writing potential information leakage conclusively establish the compelling reason discussed in Lavarias?