Terry V. Ohio 392 Case Study

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Name: Terry v. Ohio 392 US1 Supreme Court 1968 Facts: The incident occurred on October 31st 1963 at approximately 2:30pm in the afternoon. The police officer who was dressed in plain clothes was attracted by Terry and Chilton who were casing a store. With 30 years of prior experience in the area. The officer knew casing when he saw it. He had been assigned to that area specifically in search for shoplifters and pick pockets. It was apparent that these men are in fact casing. It is stated that they were pausing to stare in the same window about 24 times all followed by the same route. There was a third man associated with it as well. The officer had noticed the petitioner who kept talking with another individual on the street corner and then

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