The Court Concluded That Cases Must Be Decided on the Basis

question 18

Multiple Choice

The Court concluded that cases must be decided on the basis of their own facts;generally,however,police officers who observe unusual conduct that leads them to conclude that criminal activity may be involved and that the persons may be armed and dangerous are entitled to conduct "a carefully limited search of the outer clothing of such persons in an attempt to discover weapons" that might be used to assault them.Such a frisk was held to be reasonable under the __________,and any weapons seized may be introduced in evidence.

• A)First Amendment
• B)Third Amendment
• C)Fourth Amendment
• D)Fifth Amendment

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