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Florida v. J.L., No. 98-1993 (U.S. Supreme Court) (529 U.S. 266; 120 S.Ct. 1375) (March 28, 2000) (Justice Ginsburg)

Loaded on March 1, 2000 published in Punch and Jurists March 06, 2000
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Anonymous Tip.

Here the Court held that an anonymous tip that a person of a specific description is carrying a firearm is not enough, by itself, to provide the reasonable suspicion required by the Fourth Amendment to justify a stop and frisk of the suspect.

In a surprising unanimous decision the Supreme ...

 

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