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 cause to arrest, if the police officer has a reasonable suspicion that the person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime and has a reasonable belief that the person "may ...

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.

After being sentenced to three years in prison, the Petitioner (Terry)—one of the three men—appealed his case, arguing that his search was a violation of his Fourth Amendment rights. Terry involves a police tactic that remains controversial to this day: the stop and frisk.

2017年3月13日 · Terry v. Ohio was the landmark case that provided the name for the “Terry stop.” It established the constitutionality of a limited search for weapons when an officer has reasonable suspicion to believe a crime is afoot based on the circumstances.

Terry and two other men were observed by a plain clothes policeman in what the officer believed to be "casing a job, a stick-up." The officer stopped and frisked the three men, and found weapons on two of them. Terry was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon and …

Terry v. Ohio, U.S. Supreme Court decision, issued on June 10, 1968, which held that stop-and-frisk searches conducted without probable cause do not necessarily violate the prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Later known as the “stop and frisk” case, Terry v. Ohio represents a clash between Fourth Amendment protection from intrusive, harassing conduct by police when no crime has been committed, and the duty of an officer to investigate suspicious behavior and prevent crime.

After being sentenced to three years in prison, the petitioner (Terry)—one of the three men—appealed his case, arguing that his search was a violation of his Fourth Amendment rights. Terry v. Ohio involves a police tactic that remains controversial to this day: the stop and frisk.

The Petitioner, John W. Terry (the “Petitioner”), was stopped and searched by an officer after the officer observed the Petitioner seemingly casing a store for a potential robbery. The officer approached the Petitioner for questioning and decided to search him first.

2024年2月21日 · Terry was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon. A pretrial motion to suppress the evidence was denied. The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Judicial District affirmed the conviction. The Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed the appeal, leading to a certiorari being granted by the United States Supreme Court.