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 moreFollowing is the case brief for Rodriguez v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 1609 (2015) Case Summary of Rodriguez v. United States: A police officer stopped petitioner Rodriguez for driving on the shoulder of a highway. Once the officer completed the process of the traffic stop and issued a warning, he asked Rodriguez if he could walk his K-9 dog […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119 (2000) Case Summary of Illinois v. Wardlow: Respondent, walking in a high-crime area, fled upon seeing a caravan of Chicago police vehicles. Two Chicago police officers caught up with respondent and conducted a Terry stop and frisk. They discovered that Wardlow had a gun. The trial court denied […]
Read moreA Terry Stop is the authorized stopping and detaining of someone based on suspicions that the person has been involved in illegal activity. The individual, in this case, is not placed under arrest, but detained – usually in handcuffs – for officer safety during a brief investigation. The term’s origin comes from the 1968 case Terry v. Ohio, in which […]
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