245) Can I be Arrested with only Circumstantial Evidence? ~ #HaberPA Miami Criminal Defense Lawyer
Channel: Michael Haber
Date: 2018-02-26

Thank you for asking me “Can I be arrested with only circumstantial evidence?”

Yes..........   Well that was a quick Webisode :-)  In order for a police officer to arrest you, for any crime, the cop needs to be convinced that there exist at least enough facts and inferences to make a reasonable person believe that there’s a good probability that you committed a specific crime. 

This means that you don’t have to be found holding a smoking gun over a dead body... All that’s required for a lawful arrest is that a cop have “probable cause” to believe that Defendant X committed crime Y; and the definition of “probable cause” is pretty much just that - facts that are sufficient to convince the reasonable person that Defendant X committed crime Y.

There’s no magic formula and there aren’t any requirements for any specific form of, or quantity of, evidence.  And there’s definitely no requirement that there by any direct evidence, circumstantial will do.

Again, you don’t have to be caught in the act, no eyewitness need identify you and a video is not necessary (although any of those things will the State prove it’s case).  So long as there’s enough indirect - or circumstantial - evidence to convince a given cop that you committed a specific crime then yes, you can be arrested.
But, just because there happened to be enough evidence for a cop to arrest you doesn’t necessarily mean that there’s enough evidence for you to be convicted.

Why?  Because the standard for an arrest is significantly lower than the standard for a conviction.  And that is reason # 147 why if you’re arrested then you should hire a criminal defense lawyer.

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