What are some of the opinions of former US Supreme Court Justice Powell on whether a reasonable investigative stop does not offend the Fourth Amendment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gonzalez v. Superior Court, Los Angeles County, 140 Cal.App.3d 146, 189 Cal.Rptr. 696 (Cal. App. 1983):
We quote at length from Mr. Justice Powell's opinion, pages 561 through 565, 100 S.Ct. at pages 1880-1882: "Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 [88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889] (1968), establishes that a reasonable investigative stop does not offend the Fourth Amendment. The reasonableness of a stop
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