In a landmark ruling known as Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), the U.S. Supreme Court determined that it is legal for American police to "stop and frisk" someone they have a good basis to believe is carrying a weapon and committing a crime.
Wardlow's conviction was overturned by the Illinois Appellate Court because Officer Nolan lacked the justification required by Terry v. Ohio, 392 U. S. 1, for an investigative stop, and the pistol should have been suppressed (1968).
What happened: In an 8-1 decision, the court overturned and remanded the Kansas Supreme Court's decision, holding that when an officer lacks information rebutting an inference that the vehicle's owner is operating the vehicle, an investigative traffic stop made after running a vehicle's license plate and discovering.
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