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A 3 page review of Terry v. Ohio, a key Ohio Supreme Court Case. This case clarified that exigent circumstances could override the typical need for a warrant to conduct a search. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the rights of police officers to stop, search, and temporarily detain individuals that are suspected of criminal activity. These rights are carefully balanced with a citizens Fourth Amendment rights
against unreasonable search and seizure. "Exigent circumstances" are considered justification for the abandonment of the typical need to obtain a warrant for search and seizure and a warrantless search,
and possibly arrest, is conducted. "Stop and Frisk" is based on Terry v. Ohio, a key case where the Supreme Court affirmed exigent circumstances for warrantless searches as they
occurred in "pat downs" when there was "reasonable suspicion" that an individual had committed or was about to engage in criminal activity (Dorf, 2004). Dorf (2004) clarifies that:
"the reasonable suspicion standard is qualitatively and quantitatively lower than the probable cause standard that applies
to full searches and arrests". Terry v. Ohio dates back to a situation in
Cleveland, Ohio where a police officer observed three men acting peculiarly. The officer believed that the men were staking out a store to burglarize it. One man went back
and forth to the subject stores window and peered in an estimated twenty times, each time returning to his partner and conversing. While the officer was not within earshot
of their conversation he believed that they were planning to rob the store. Eventually the initial two men were joined by a third. This third man stayed only
briefly then quickly left. The initial two men quickly followed, as did the police officer. When the three men rejoined
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