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Florida v. J. L., 529 U.S. 266 (2000), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court determined that a police officer may not legally stop and frisk someone based solely on an anonymous tip that describes a person's location and appearance, but does not furnish information as to any illegal conduct.
"Stop and identify" statutes are laws in several US states; Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, and Wisconsin. U.S. states that authorize police [ 1 ] to lawfully order people whom they reasonably suspect of committing a crime to state their name.
Florida v. Bostick, 501 U.S. 429 (1991) — "as long as police do not convey a message, etc" Minnesota v. Dickerson, 508 U.S. 366 (1993) — plain view doctrine — incentive to frisk; Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806 (1996)Whren v. United States — pretextual stop; Maryland v. Wilson, 519 U.S. 408 (1997) — applies to passengers of car ...
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When police stop and search a pedestrian, this is commonly known as a stop and frisk. When police stop an automobile, this is known as a traffic stop. If the police stop a motor vehicle on minor infringements in order to investigate other suspected criminal activity, this is known as a pretextual stop. Additional rules apply to stops that occur ...
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The Graceland fraud case could be headed to trial.. Magistrate Judge Annie T. Christoff of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ruled Friday that a detention hearing in U ...
Fraudulent concealment is a common law doctrine that may be invoked to toll a statute of limitations.Under this doctrine, if a defendant has concealed his misconduct, then the limitations period shall start from the point when the plaintiff discovers his claim, or should have discovered it with due diligence. [1]