The Law Dictionary for Everyone
Following is the case brief for Minnesota v. Dickerson, 508 U.S. 366 (1993) Case Summary of Minnesota v. Dickerson: Dickerson left a building known for drug trafficking and was stopped by police. The officer conducted a Terry stop and frisk. He felt a lump in Dickerson’s pocket. He manipulated the lump further in the pocket to determine that it was […]
Read moreThe plain view doctrine allows a police officer to take any evidence of a crime or contraband that is found in plain sight during a normal observation. The police officer does not need a warrant in such a case to collect that evidence. For example, the plain view doctrine is used often during screenings of passengers at U.S. airports by […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Horton v. California, 496 U.S. 128 (1990) Case Summary of Horton v. California: Petitioner moved to suppress evidence of an armed robbery that was discovered in plain view by an officer during execution of a search warrant. The officer expected to find those items, however, so the plain view discovery was not inadvertent. The […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Arizona v. Hicks, United States Supreme Court, (1987) Case summary for Arizona v. Hicks: Hicks shot a gun through the floor of his apartment and responding officers searched the apartment for the victim, the shooter and weapons. The officers noticed expensive equipment, which they confirmed was stolen after moving the item to retrieve its serial […]
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