During oral arguments Dec. 9, Assistant to the U.S. Solicitor General Toby Heytens told the Supreme Court that police can legitimately frisk someone on the street on the mere suspicion that the person is armed and dangerous.
Justice John Paul Stevens was startled. The traditional Court view has been that under the Fourth Amendment, an officer must also believe a crime is afoot before a pat-down search can begin.
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