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Terry Vs. Ohio Case
The most famous case in U.S. history is the Terry v. Ohio . The Terry v. Ohio case raised many questions as to whether or not the search and seizure of Terry violated the Fourth Amendment. The police officials thought they would take action upon themselves into frisking and searching the men for what they could find, not acknowledging the rights of the people. The courts decision was 8-1, meaning that the search done by the officer was reasonable in the Fourth Amendment and the weapons that were taken were used and held against him as evidence. After the Terry case, police are now demanded to search a suspect on reasonable suspicion. Police Detective Martin McFadden patrolled the area of downtown Cleveland on the afternoon of

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