Reasonable suspicion
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| - | # [[information]] that was [[heard]] by one [[person]] about [[another]] | + | '''Reasonable suspicion''' is a [[legal burden of proof|legal standard of proof]] in [[Law of the United States|United States law]] that is less than [[probable cause]], the legal standard for [[arrest]]s and [[Warrant (law)|warrant]]s, but more than an "inchoate and unparticularized suspicion or '[[hunch]]'. |
| - | # [[evidence]] based on the [[report]]s of others rather than on [[personal]] [[knowledge]]; normally [[inadmissible]] because not made under [[oath]] | + | |
| - | # [[evidence]]: an out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted; normally [[inadmissible]] because not subject to cross-examination, unless the hearsay statement falls under one of the many exceptions | + | |
| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | * [[Gossip]] | + | |
| - | * [[Moral certainty]] | + | |
| - | * [[Probable cause]] | + | |
| - | * [[Reasonable person]] | + | |
| - | * [[Reasonable suspicion]] | + | |
| - | * [[Scuttlebutt]] | + | |
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Reasonable suspicion is a legal standard of proof in United States law that is less than probable cause, the legal standard for arrests and warrants, but more than an "inchoate and unparticularized suspicion or 'hunch'.
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