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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.
Case name Citation Date decided Terry v. Ohio: 392 U.S. 1: 1968: Sibron v. New York: 392 U.S. 40: 1968: Flast v. Cohen: 392 U.S. 83: 1968: Perma Life Mufflers, Inc. v ...
Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961) — incorporated exclusionary rule against the states; 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
Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968) Police may stop a person if they have a reasonable suspicion that the person has committed or is about to commit a crime and frisk the suspect for weapons if they have a reasonable suspicion that the suspect is armed and dangerous without violating the Fourth Amendment. Mancusi v.
In the United States, interactions between police and others fall into three general categories: consensual ("contact" or "conversation"), detention (often called a Terry stop, after Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968)), or arrest. "Stop and identify" laws pertain to detentions.
Ohio was the first challenge to racial profiling in the United States in 1968. This case was about African American people who were suspected to be stealing. [9] The police officer arrested the three men and searched them and found a gun on two of the three men, and John W. Terry (one of the three men searched) was convicted and sentenced to ...
Terry v. Ohio: Criminal procedure: 392 U.S. 1 (1968) search and seizure, power of police to stop and frisk suspicious persons Flast v. Cohen: 392 U.S. 83 (1968) taxpayer standing: United States v. Southwestern Cable Co. 392 U.S. 157 (1968) Administrative law: King v. Smith: 392 U.S. 309 (1968)
A Terry stop in the United States allows the police to briefly detain a person based on reasonable suspicion of involvement in criminal activity. [1] [2] Reasonable suspicion is a lower standard than probable cause which is needed for arrest. When police stop and search a pedestrian, this is commonly known as a stop and frisk.