Criminal Procedure: Terry Stops

In this episode...Andrea Armstrong, Law Visiting Committee Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law explains how to evaluate the constitutionality of a stop and a frisk.  Professor Armstrong centers her discussion on Terry v. Ohio and provides an essential understanding of both the law and its background.Some key takeaways are...Police may not detain persons absent reasonable suspicion.Courts define reasonable suspicion as specific and articulable facts from which suspicion can be made - something between a gut hunch and probable causePolice may frisk someone if they have reasonable suspicion that the person is armed or dangerous.About our guest...Professor Armstrong is a Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law.  She is a leading national expert on prison and jail conditions and is certified by the U.S. Department of Justice as a Prison Rape Elimination Act auditor.  Her research focuses on the constitutional dimensions of prisons and jails, specifically prison labor practices, the intersection of race and conditions of incarceration, and public oversight of detention facilities.  She teaches in the related fields of constitutional law, criminal law, race and the law, and constitutional criminal procedure. Andrea Armstrong is co-chair of the Community Advisory Group for the New Orleans MacArthur Safety and Justice Challenge and a founding board member of the Promise of Justice Initiative, a non-profit organization focused on death penalty abolition and prison conditions.   Professor Armstrong is a graduate of Yale Law School, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, where she completed her M.P.A. in International Relations, and New York University.-As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know!You can email leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet @lawtofact.-Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!Review us on iTunes, your opinion matters!-Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact?Join our mailing list by visiting www.LawToFact.com.-This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100.Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.