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delayed probable cause searches  

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  • Under the Fourth Amendment, probable cause is needed for a search; however, probable cause to search, like the authority of warrants that are issued, does not last beyond the circumstances that justified the original probable cause. Suspicion, such as that the U.S. Supreme Court used to justify a stop and frisk in Terry v. Ohio (1968), that individuals are casing a store today would thus not provide adequate justification for similar action under completely different circumstances tomorrow. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Delayed Probable Cause Searches]

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