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penguins

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When a driver is detained and asked to step out of a car without passengers, police may lawfully engage in a cursory examination of the passenger areas of the vehicle to look for weapons in those areas in which a weapon may be placed or hidden.
 
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Question 2

Fleeing from the police in a high crime neighborhood, without any other indicia of criminal behavior, does not give police reasonable suspicion to stop a person
 
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Answer to Question 1

TRUE Michigan v. Long (1983 )
COMMENT: Instructor may wish to add that police must have reasonable suspicion of a weapon

Answer to Question 2

FALSE Illinois v. Wardlow (2000 )



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