U.S. v. Sharpe, No. 83-529 (U.S. Supreme Court) (470 U.S. 675; 105 S.Ct. 1568) (March 20, 1985) (Justice Burger)
Here, while the Court affirmed that investigative stops must be brief, it rejected as "fundamentally at odds" with the Court's rulings on the topic, a per se rule that a 20-minute detention is too long be be justified under the Terry doctrine.
In rejecting any bright line rule, the Court ...
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