In Minnesota v. Dickerson, the search would probably have been considered valid if the officer had testified that, although what he touched did not feel like a weapon, it was immediately apparent to him, given his experience and the totality of circumstances, that the object was contraband. Do you think that this encourages officers to be deceitful? Explain your position
What will be an ideal response?
I do not think this encourages officers to be deceitful, because there is still a
requirement that it be reasonable, and judges will use the reasonableness standard to
evaluate the officer's testimony. For example, if the officer says it was immediately
apparent to him that what he felt was rock cocaine, when the rock was shaped like a
marble, the judge would be skeptical of what the officer said.
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