A case in which the Court found that police using a "stop and frisk" procedure are within their constitutional bounds as officers of the law.

Summary. Police officers stopped three men on the street whom they suspected were planning a burglary. The officers did not have a warrant for the search; ...

Terry v. Ohio: Under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, a police officer may stop a suspect on the street and frisk him or her without probable ...

16 авг. 2024 г. · In the landmark Terry v. Ohio case, the Supreme Court addressed the constitutionality of police stop and frisk procedures.

Terry v. Ohio, 392 US 1 (1968), was a landmark US Supreme Court decision in which the court ruled that it is constitutional for American police to stop and ...

Two of the men, John Terry and Richard Chilton, were found to be carrying pistols. They were tried and convicted of carrying concealed weapons. They appealed, ...

20 февр. 2024 г. · In 1968, the US Supreme Court decided, in the case Terry v. Ohio, that police using a “stop and frisk” procedure are within constitutional bounds as officers ...

Brief Fact Summary. The Petitioner, John W. Terry (the “Petitioner”), was stopped and searched by an officer after the officer observed the Petitioner ...

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state of Ohio and the Cleveland police, who conducted a “stop-and-frisk” of a suspect named Terry.