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67/12/12 Supreme Court Hears Stop-Frisk Case, Cleveland Press
67/12/12 Supreme Court Hears Stop-Frisk Case, Cleveland Press
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Reports on Louis Stokes argument that upholding Terry's frisking by Detective Martin McFadden would signal the relaxing of the Fourth Amendment's protection against illegal search and seizure. Reuben Payne, assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor, contended that the McFadden had the right to search Terry whom he suspected was planning a robbery and probably was armed.
67/12/11 High Court To Eye Frisk Case, Cleveland Plain Dealer
67/12/11 High Court To Eye Frisk Case, Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Reports how the Court is hearing Terry v. Ohio along with 3 others cases with stop-and-frisk issues. The Court will explore:
How much right does a policeman have to stop and question a suspicious person he has no legal reason to arrest?
If a policeman frisks a person he does not have a reason to arrest and finds incriminating evidence, can that evidence be used against the person in court.