Distinguish between a stop and a frisk, and indicate the importance of Terry v. Ohio.

What will be an ideal response?


A stop is the brief detention of a person by law enforcement agents for questioning.The agents must have reasonable suspicion of the person before making a stop.A frisk is a pat-down by police conducted for the officer's safety. The frisk is conducted to discover the presence of weapons rather than illegal substances.The precedent of reasonable suspicion as a basis for stop and frisk was established through Terry v. Ohio (1968).

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