2017 marks the 50th
anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s constitutional legitimation of “stop
and frisk” procedures in Terry v. Ohio.
The decision set a decisive course not just for Fourth Amendment doctrine, but
also for the roles to be played by actors in the criminal justice system. Police
police as they do, judges judge as they do, prosecutors prosecute as they do,
defenders defend as they do in the shadow of Terry. And in the process, Terry’s
doctrinal legacy has been shaped as well. This panel will explore the
interactions of Terry “on the books”
and “on the ground.”