Course Number 2106 - Texas Commission on Law Enforcement

Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 27, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 1883, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). Although these brief detentions, known as “Terry stops,” fall within the scope of the Fourth Amendment because the person is seized, the public interest in crime detection and the relative nonintrusiveness of the stop permit a lower standard of proof. Terry v. ................
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