Opinion ID: 2268037
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Heading: Probable Cause for the Arrest of Defendant Werner

Text: In his brief, defendant argues that he was arrested without probable cause. We have determined earlier in this opinion that the West Warwick police had ample probable cause to believe that a number of crimes had been committed and that Werner probably was the person who had committed these crimes. We believe that the information available to the police before the arrest met all the standards set forth in Draper v. United States, 358 U.S. 307, 79 S.Ct. 329, 3 L.Ed.2d 327 (1959) and its progeny, as well as our own substantial case law on this subject, including State v. Guzman, 752 A.2d 1 (R.I.2000); In re Armand, 454 A.2d 1216 (R.I.1983).