Legal Opinion
Minnesota v. Dickerson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 7, 1993No. 91-2019PublishedCited by 2,134 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
In this ease, we consider whether the Fourth Amendment permits the seizure of contraband detected through a police officer’s sense of touch during a protective patdown search.
I
On the evening of November 9,1989, two Minneapolis police officers were patrolling an area on the city’s north side in a marked squad car. At about 8:15 p.m., one of the officers observed respondent leaving a 12-unit apartment building on Morgan Avenue North. The officer, having previously responded to complaints of drug sales in the building’s hallways and having executed several search warrants on the premises,…
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