Probable cause y la cuarta enmienda de la constitución estadounidense: una garantía tan imprecisa como necesaria

Bachmaier Winter, Lorena
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The aim of the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution is to protect the right to liberty and privacy of all citizens against illegitimate interferences by the executive. Only if the police proves that there are sufficient factual elements that show the probability that a crime has been committed or is being committed, or of finding evidence of a crime, such interference would be in accordance with the Fourth Amendment. The concept of probable cause in the United States is not only a standard of proof since it is a core element of the notion of the rule of law. However, the Fourth Amendment does not define what probable cause is, and the case law has only been able to affirm that it is a standard that exceeds what would be a mere suspicion, and that it is clearly below the degree of certainty that is required to convict a defendant. Within this wide range, the US Supreme Court has recognized that the determining factor will be a calculation of probabili-ties. In this paper I intend to reflect, in the first place, on the meaning of probable cause in the US Supreme Court case law, and to show the importance of this constitutional safeguard, beyond its consideration or not as a standard of proof, which has a growing relevance in the digital society ​
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