Terry vs. Ohio

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"In 1968, the U.S. Supreme Court announced a new standard for police conduct in the landmark case of Terry v. Ohio. Chief Justice Warren, writing for the majority, held that police did not need "probable cause" to stop and frisk a citizen on the street. Instead, the Court imposed a lesser standard, called "reasonable suspicion." The Supreme Court has revisited this issue many times in the intervening three decades. This paper will examine those cases, and the extent to which the justices followed Terry in writing subsequent "stop and frisk" opinions.

The Terry decision created an exception to the law of arrest, which is rooted in the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Fourth Amendment requires probable cause for a lawful arrest. If a court determines that the police lacked probable cause, the remedy is to invalidate the arrest and..."

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