The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Klump, 536 F.3d 113 (2nd Cir. 2008):
In determining whether there is probable cause, our task is "simply to make a practical, common-sense decision whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit[,] ... there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place." Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213, 238, 103 S.Ct. 2317, 76 L.Ed.2d 527 (1983).
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