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Cleveland State University

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Louis Stokes

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67/12/12 Supreme Court Hears Stop-Frisk Case, Cleveland Press Dec 1967

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.


64/09/22 Illegal Search Is Charged At Concealed Weapons Trial, Cleveland Press Sep 1964

64/09/22 Illegal Search Is Charged At Concealed Weapons Trial, Cleveland Press

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Reports that Defense Attorney Louis Stokes asked Common Pleas Court Judge Bernard Friedman to dismiss the concealed carry charges against John Terry and Richard Chilton on the grounds that Cleveland PD Detective Martin McFadden's search of the two men was illegal and violated their constitutional rights under the Fourth Amendment.