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66/10/20 Police Can Search, High Court Rules, Cleveland Press Oct 1966

66/10/20 Police Can Search, High Court Rules, Cleveland Press

Newspaper Coverage

The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the lower court ruling that Cleveland Police Detective Martin McFadden's search of John W. Terry and Richard D. Chilton (represented by Louis Stokes) did not violate their constitutional rights because McFadden felt they were acting "in a suspicious manner."


66/10/19 Mandate, Ohio Supreme Court, Supreme Court Of Ohio Oct 1966

66/10/19 Mandate, Ohio Supreme Court, Supreme Court Of Ohio

Ohio Supreme Court

Mandate to Common Pleas Court, Cuyahoga County, to proceed without delay to carry out its judgment in Ohio v Terry citing no substantial constitution question involved.


66/09/21 Motion To Dismiss Appeal Filed As Of Right And Memorandum Opposing Jurisdiction, John T. Corrigan, Reuben M. Payne Sep 1966

66/09/21 Motion To Dismiss Appeal Filed As Of Right And Memorandum Opposing Jurisdiction, John T. Corrigan, Reuben M. Payne

Ohio Supreme Court

"The trial court properly found that there is a distinction between a frisk and a search, and that in the circumstances of this case the frisk preceded the arrest, and further, that the arrest and search in connection therewith were legal. The opinion of the Court of Appeals and the authorities cited therein support that conclusion. The defendant has not shown any valid reason why these findings should be disturbed. The motion for leave to appeal should therefore be overruled." From the Conclusion, page 14.


66/06/14 Notice Of Appeal For Ohio V Chilton And Ohio V Terry, Louis Stokes Jun 1966

66/06/14 Notice Of Appeal For Ohio V Chilton And Ohio V Terry, Louis Stokes

Eighth Judicial District of Ohio, Court of Appeals, Cuyahoga County

Louis Stokes gives notice of appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court from judgment rendered by 8th District Court of Appeals on May 25, 1966. Appeal is on questions of law and on condition that motion for leave to appeal be allowed by Supreme Court of Ohio; constitutional question is also involved.


66/05/25 Journal Entry From Appeals Court Affirming The Common Pleas Court Judgment In Ohio V Chilton And Ohio V Terry, Samuel H. Silbert May 1966

66/05/25 Journal Entry From Appeals Court Affirming The Common Pleas Court Judgment In Ohio V Chilton And Ohio V Terry, Samuel H. Silbert

Eighth Judicial District of Ohio, Court of Appeals, Cuyahoga County

The Court of Appeals, Eight District, Cuyahoga County finds no error prejudicial to the appellant, thus affirming the Common Pleas Court judgement. Signed by Chief Justice Joseph H. Silbert, with Justices Joseph A. Artl and James Joseph Patrick Corrigan concurring.


66/02/11 Opinion, Eighth Judicial District Of Ohio, Court Of Appeals, Cuyahoga County, Samuel H. Silbert Feb 1966

66/02/11 Opinion, Eighth Judicial District Of Ohio, Court Of Appeals, Cuyahoga County, Samuel H. Silbert

Eighth Judicial District of Ohio, Court of Appeals, Cuyahoga County

Judges Samuel H. Silbert, Joseph A. Artl, and James Joseph Patrick Corrigan unanimously upheld Judge Bernard Friedman's decision in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. The Appeals Court held that Detective Martin J. McFadden had validly found the gun carried by John Terry and had, at the moment of the arrest, adequate probable cause to arrest Terry.


66/02/10 Police Upheld In Acts Of Personal Search, Cleveland Press Feb 1966

66/02/10 Police Upheld In Acts Of Personal Search, Cleveland Press

Newspaper Coverage

Justices Joseph H. Silbert, Joseph A. Artl and J. J. P. Corrigan of the 8th District Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Bernard Friedman in his ruling that a policeman has a right to question a suspicious person and search him in order to protect himself from a possible assault with a deadly weapon.