People v. King

In these interlocutory appeals the People challenge suppression orders of the Dolores County District Court. That court held that the encounter between the defendants and the police was not an investigatory stop but rather constituted an arrest and search not supported by the existence of probable cause to arrest. Thus, the trial court suppressed evidence seized incident to that arrest.

We hold that probable cause to arrest exists when, at the time of arrest, the objective cireumstances available to a reasonably cautious officer justify the belief that (1) a crime has been or is being…