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Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the court ruled that it is constitutional for American police to "stop and frisk" a person they reasonably suspect to be armed and involved in a crime.
In its Terry decision, the Supreme Court found that the police should have the power to search, even without probable cause, to protect themselves from weapons. [6] The Terry stop operates under the assumption that although stop-and-frisk is an intrusion, the potential harm from weapons outweighs it. [16]
Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada (2004), the Supreme Court held that statutes requiring suspects to disclose their names during a valid Terry stop did not violate the Fourth Amendment. [ 3 ] However, some "stop and identify" statutes that are unclear about how people must identify themselves violate suspects' due process right through ...
The former police officer charged in the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021 returns to court on Wednesday for the first time since convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to raise the legal bar on ...
Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968) — stop and frisk for weapons OK for officer safety; Sibron v. New York, 392 U.S. 40 (1968) — companion case to Terry. Peters v. New York (1968) — companion case to Terry contained in Sibron
(The Center Square) – A unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court may pave the way for challenges to a federal deportation plan under the incoming Trump administration to be defeated. The ...
The Supreme Court, in an unusual Sunday update to its schedule, did not specify what ruling it would issue. Colorado is one of 15 states and a U.S. territory holding primary elections on
The rules for the policy are contained in the state's criminal procedure law section 140.50 and based on the decision of the US Supreme Court in the case of Terry v. Ohio. In 2016, a reported 12,404 stops were made under the stop-and-frisk program. The stop-and-frisk program has previously taken place on a much wider scale.