Arizona v. Johnson
2009 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arizona v. Johnson, 555 U.S. 323 (2009), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held, by unanimous decision, that police may conduct a pat down search of a passenger in an automobile that has been lawfully stopped for a minor traffic violation, provided the police reasonably suspect the passenger is armed and dangerous.[1][2]
Quick Facts Arizona v. Johnson, Argued December 9, 2008 Decided January 26, 2009 ...
Arizona v. Johnson | |
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Argued December 9, 2008 Decided January 26, 2009 | |
Full case name | Arizona, Petitioner v. Lemon Montrea Johnson |
Docket no. | 07-1122 |
Citations | 555 U.S. 323 (more) 129 S. Ct. 781; 172 L. Ed. 2d 694; 2009 U.S. LEXIS 868; 77 U.S.L.W. 4096; 21 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 620 |
Case history | |
Prior | Reversed, 217 Ariz. 58, 170 P.3d 667 (App. 2007). Review denied, Arizona Supreme Court, 2007 Ariz. LEXIS 154. Certiorari granted, 554 U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 2961, 171 L.Ed. 884 (2008). |
Holding | |
Police may conduct a patdown search of a passenger in a stopped automobile if they reasonably suspect that the passenger is armed and dangerous. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Ginsburg, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. IV |
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