Terry vs. Ohio Introduction to Criminal Justice By Leann Rathbone 9/12/06 Terry vs. Ohio is a landmark case that was brought to the Supreme Court. It started on October 31st‚ 1963‚ in Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ when a police officer named Martin McFadden observed two men standing outside a store front window. He watched one of the men walk down the street pausing to look into the store window when he reached the end of the street the man turned around and proceeded to walk back‚ pausing at the same
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Terry v. Ohio‚ 392 U.S. 1 (1968) “Unreasonable search and seizures” One of the many things learned at state police academies around the country is the “Terry pat”. What a Terry pat is‚ is a basic pat down of a suspects outer clothing‚ searching for weapons. The name came be known by a Superior Court case in the 1960’s‚ known as Terry v. Ohio. The case originated back in October 1963‚ involving John W. Terry and Richard Chilton. The two men were seen on a corner by veteran police detective
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The most famous case in U.S. history is the Terry v. Ohio . The Terry v. Ohio case raised many questions as to whether or not the search and seizure of Terry violated the Fourth Amendment. The police officials thought they would take action upon themselves into frisking and searching the men for what they could find‚ not acknowledging the rights of the people. The courts decision was 8-1‚ meaning that the search done by the officer was reasonable in the Fourth Amendment and the weapons that were
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The issue brought into question in the Terry vs. Ohio case in 1968 involved a police officer‚ McFadden‚ who was patrolling the area in normal clothes. He came across two men pacing the area suspiciously and glancing into a store. He the watched them meet at a street corner frequently where they were joined by another man. After watching them do this approximately twenty-four times he approached the group and asked them their names. He patted down the overcoat that the man was wearing and felt a revolver
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Terry v. Ohio Case Project | | | | | Victoria Swannegan | 12/2/2010 | | In 1968 a case called Terry v. Ohio took place. This case made a big impact on the police departments of the United States by giving officers more reasons to make an arrest. A "Terry Stop" is a stop of a person by law enforcement officers based upon reasonable suspicion that a person may have been engaged in criminal activity‚ whereas an arrest requires probable cause that a suspect committed a criminal
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On October 31‚ 1963‚ Detective Martin McFadden was in plain clothes‚ patrolling his downtown beat in Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ an area that he had been patrolling for shoplifters and pick-pocketing the last 30 years. At 2:30 PM‚ he noticed two unknown individuals‚ John Terry and Richard Chilton acting suspiciously‚ standing on a street corner. One of the men walked away and stopped to look in a nearby store window‚ continued walking‚ and on the way back stopped to look in the same store window before rejoining
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Strayer University Terry v Ohio LEG 420 Lisa Silva In this case John Terry was seen by an officer‚ seeming to be casing a store for a robbery. “The Petitioner‚ John W. Terry 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.” The officer finally decided to approach the men for questioning‚ after observing them for quite a long
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Terry v. Ohio‚ 392 U.S. 1 (1968) Facts of the Case An police officer by the name of Mcfadden observed two men standing at a street corner. He noticed that the two men would take turns on looking inside of the window store. This happenedd about twenty four times and each time they did it the two men would have a conversation. After a while a third guy had joined the duo and then left. After the detective witnessed that action he had suspected that they were casing the store to burglarize the
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Frasier Leg 420 Assignment 2: Terry V. Ohio 392 U.S. 1‚ 88 S. Ct. 1868‚ 20 L. ED. 2d 889‚ 1968 U.S. March 1‚ 2015 I will be summarizing the aspects of Terry v Ohio case‚ discussing whether or not the men’s right to privacy was violated as well as the officer’s action described and the courts holding that provides the totality of the circumstances. John W. Terry (the “Petitioner”)‚ was stopped and searched after seemingly casing a store for robbery. Terry was approached by the officer
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were planning to rob the store‚ so he decided to conduct a pat-down Terry and discovered a revolver in his coat. Subsequently‚ Terry was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and later found guilty. The petitioner claimed that "stop and frisk" constituted an unreasonable search and seizure. In 1968‚ the Supreme Court established the standard for allowing police officers to perform a stop and frisk of a suspect in Terry v. Ohio case. Furthermore‚ a stop and frisk is detaining a person by law enforcement
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