Terry v. Ohio
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Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case regarding the authority of a police officer to detain a person if the officer had reasonable, articulable suspicion that criminal activity was afoot, and that a limited pat-down or frisk of the outer garments of the person was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.