Discussion 4 Crm Pro

Chapter 4

Step 1: Review the Case

• Review the
• The Scene: Imagine you are a legal consultant reviewing Officer Millers bodycam footage and arrest report. We are at the very beginning of the State v. Thorne case. Everything that follows in this investigation depends on whether these first sixty seconds were legal. If the stop is bad, the whole case might crumble.
• Keep Chapter 4 of your textbook in mind and use it to justify any answers you provide.

Step 2: Submit

• In your initial post, analyze the “Critical Moment” of the initial encounter between Officer Miller and Thorne by addressing the following:
• The Stop: Does the “Triple Threat” of evidencean anonymous tip, a high-crime area, and Thornes “headlong flight”add up to Reasonable Suspicion? Cite Terry v. Ohio to justify your position.
• The “Plain Feel” Conflict: Officer Miller pat-down Thorne and felt a “hard, rectangular object.” Based on the Plain Feel Doctrine (Minnesota v. Dickerson), did Miller have the right to reach into that pocket? Was that object “immediately apparent” as a weapon or contraband, or did Miller go on a “fishing expedition”?
• The Legal Verdict: At this specific moment, were Thorne’s Fourth Amendment rights violated?