holding that an officer’s subjective intent or motive to search is irrelevant if there is a lawful reason to search
How later courts described this case
- holding that an officer’s subjective intent or motive to search is irrelevant if there is a lawful reason to search
- stating, for temporary investigative detention to be valid (1) unusual activity must be occurring or have occurred; (2) the accused must be connected with the suspicious activity; and (3) the suspicious activity must be connected with a crime
- holding that officers seeking corroboration of a report made permissible rational inferences of suspicion when suspect fitting description in report wore a trench coat on a warm day
- search of matchbox found in suspect’s coat pocket during pat-down exceeded scope of weapons search under Terry because “unreasonable for two armed police officers to fear a razor blade that might be contained in a matchbox”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
MILLER, J.,
joined by WHITE, J.,
dissent with a note: Believing that the Court *222 of Appeals analysis was correct under Texas v. Brown, 460 U.S. 730 , 103 S.Ct. 1535 , 75 L.Ed.2d 502 (1983), we respectfully dissent.