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Police Encounter Case Study
Police Encounter
Matthew A Loos
Kaplan University
CJ227: Criminal Procedure
Unit 2 Assignment
July 15, 2013

Officer Smith, in my opinion, had reasonable suspicion to conduct a traffic stop on the female driver the night in question. According to (Lasker, 2012),
“In People v. Hackett, 2012 IL 111781, a unanimous supreme court overturned the appellate and trial court decisions and remanded the case for a trial based on evidence stemming from what the court held to be a justified "investigatory stop" of defendant 's vehicle. Reasonable suspicion, not probable cause, is the proper standard for an investigatory traffic stop, the high court held.”
The reasonable suspicion existed because the female was driving a vehicle that match a …show more content…
Ohio as well. Clancy (n.d.) says, officers can search large areas that will most likely contain a weapon. Officers should not conduct a detailed search such as turning out pockets. Clancy (n.d.) goes onto say, “Within that framework, the scope of any protective search is based on the circumstances of each case, guided by the principle that the scope of the intrusion must be reasonably related to its …show more content…
(n.d.).
Retrieved from http://www.fedcoplaw.com/html/searchandseizure_1.html
Clancy, T. K. (n.d.). PROTECTIVE SEARCHES, PAT-DOWNS, OR FRISKS?: THE SCOPE OF THE PERMISSIBLE INTRUSION TO ASCERTAIN IF A DETAINED PERSON IS ARMED. MARQUETTE LAW REVIEW, 82(491), 492-493. Retrieved from http://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1410&context=mulr
Lasker, A. W. (2012, October). Supreme court: 'reasonable suspicion ' enough for traffic stop | Illinois State Bar Association. Retrieved from http://www.isba.org/ibj/2012/10/lawpulse/supremecourtreasonablesuspicionenou
New York v. Belton, 453 U.S. 454 (1981)
Pettrey, J.D., M. T. (2012, March). FBI ? The Exigent Circumstances Exception After Kentucky v. King. Retrieved July 15, 2013, from http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march-2012/the-exigent-circumstances-exception-after-kentucky-v.-king
Warrant Exceptions ? Exigent Circumstances | Library of Defense. (n.d.). Retrieved July 15, 2013, from
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