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Following is the case brief for Maryland v. Buie, 494 U.S. 325 (1990) Case Summary of Maryland v. Buie: Respondent Buie emerged from his basement while officers were executing an arrest warrant for him in his home. After Buie’s arrest, an officer conducted a protective sweep of the basement and found incriminating evidence in plain view. The plain view evidence […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Arizona v. Johnson, Supreme Court of the United States, (2009) Case summary for Arizona v. Johnson: Johnson was a passenger in a vehicle legally seized for a traffic stop. One officer developed suspicion that Johnson was carrying a gun and ordered him out of the car, where she performed a pat down (frisk). The […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Alabama v. White, Supreme Court of the United States, (1990) Case summary for Alabama v. White: Based on an informant tip, officers camped outside of Vanessa Rose White’s home as part of their investigation. Shortly after White left her address driving her car, both of which were described in the tip, officer’s stopped White’s […]
Read moreThe term reasonable suspicion refers to a standard by which police officers are judged to have authority to briefly detain a person. Reasonable suspicion is a less strict standard then probable cause, but has very limited applications. To explore this concept, consider the following reasonable suspicion definition. Definition of Reasonable Suspicion Noun A legal standard giving law enforcement the right […]
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