Scenario:An officer sees a man loitering near a convenience…
Scenario:An officer sees a man loitering near a convenience store late at night. The man keeps glancing at the store and pacing back and forth. Believing the man is about to commit a robbery, the officer stops and frisks him, finding no weapons. The officer then searches the man’s backpack without consent and discovers stolen goods from a previous robbery. Did the officer have reasonable suspicion to stop the man? Why or why not? Was the search of the backpack constitutional? Why or why not?
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