Supreme Court· 6/25/1979

Brown v. Texas

Citations

443 U.S. 47
99 S. Ct. 2637
61 L. Ed. 2d 357
1979 U.S. LEXIS 136

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holding that application of a Texas statute permitting detention and requiring identification violates the Fourth Amendment if officers lack reasonable suspicion for the detention
holding that application of a Texas statute permitting detention and requiring identification violates the Fourth Amendment if officers lack reasonable suspicion for the detention
concluding that nighttime activity per se is not sufficient to create reasonable suspicion of criminal activity
holding that a person could not be required to furnish identification if not reasonably suspected of any criminal conduct
holding that defendant’s presence in neighborhood frequented by drug users was not, in and of itself, a basis for concluding he was engaged in criminal conduct
holding that defendant's presence in neighborhood frequented by drug users was not, in and of itself, a basis for concluding he was engaged in criminal conduct

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Judges: BurgeR, Burger

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