Adams v. Williams

Mr. Justice Marshall,

with whom Mr. Justice Douglas joins, dissenting.

Four years have passed since we decided Terry v. Ohio,. 392 U. S. 1 (1968), and its companion cases, Sibron v. New York and Peters v. New York, 392 U. S. 40 (1968). They were the first cases in which this Court explicitly recognized the concept of “stop and frisk-” and squarely held that police officérs may, under appropriate circumstances, stop and frisk persons suspected of criminal activity even though there is less' than probable cause for an arrest. This case marks our first opportunity to give some flesh to the bones…