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This 3 page opinion and analysis is in favor of the Supreme Court decision in Alabama v. White. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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discussion of what constitutes reasonable suspicion to justify a Terry stop by police has been debated for years. This stop is a brief detainment to make an initial assessment of
the situation to determine whether the officers that criminal activity may be in progress (Terry v. Ohio, 392 U. S. 1). While the overall question is one that travels between
the balance of an individuals rights under the Fourth Amendment (due process model) and the crime control model of justice, each case must be considered individually.
Alabama v. White, 496 U.S. 325 (1990) provides an example of what constitutes a very fine line and for individual rights versus the public good in terms
of crime control. This case could indicate where a line might be drawn, but was not; the courts favored crime control based on the merits of the case. However, citizens
are asked to provide police officers with tips of suspected crime activity, and because the police officers who followed the car waited for some corroborating evidence from the anonymous tip
before stopping the car, the Supreme Court was correct in overturning the Alabama appellate court. The car met the requirements of sufficient "indica of reliability" under Adams v. Williams, 407
U. S. 143, 407 U. S. 147, and also for totality of the evidence under Illinois v. Gates, 462 U. S. 213, 462 U. S. 230.
Analysis As the court stated, on its own, the anonymous tip would never have stood for reliability under
Illinois v. Gates, 462 U. S. 213, 462 U. S. 230. However, the police officers demonstrated that there were justifiable reasons to make the Terry stop after they had followed
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