United States v. Dylan Y. Rodney, A/K/A Dylan Y. Jackson

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Justice THOMAS.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

THOMAS, Circuit Justice:

The principal question presented is whether a consent to a body search for drugs, without more, authorizes the sort of careful frisk described in Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). We hold that it does.

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On February 17, 1990, Dylan Rodney stepped off a bus that had arrived in Washington, D.C., from New York City. As Rodney left the bus station, Detective Vance Beard, dressed in plain clothes and carrying a concealed weapon, approached him…