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Get more case briefs explained with Quimbee. Quimbee has over 16,300 case briefs (and counting) keyed to 223 casebooks ► https://www.quimbee.com/case-briefs-o... United States v. Sokolow | 490 U.S. 1 (1989) In Terry versus Ohio, the United States Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment permits police officers to conduct warrantless investigatory detentions, called Terry stops, based on reasonable suspicion. What if a suspect fits a drug-courier profile based on circumstantial evidence? Does an officer have reasonable suspicion to conduct a Terry stop? The Court addressed this issue in United States versus Sokolow. Drug Enforcement Administration agents in Hawaii became suspicious of Andrew Sokolow, who flew from Honolulu to Miami and then returned. The agents learned several facts about Sokolow. First, he had paid $2,100 for two round-trip plane tickets from a large roll of $20 bills on the same day that he and his companion had departed. Second, Sokolow had traveled under what possibly was an alias name. Third, he traveled to Miami, which agents knew to be a source city for illegal drugs. Fourth, he stayed in Miami for only two days, but the flight from Honolulu to Miami took 20 hours. Fifth, Sokolow appeared nervous in the airport. And, sixth, he didn’t check his luggage and, instead, always carried it on the planes. When Sokolow returned to the Honolulu airport, agents conducted a warrantless Terry stop and seized his luggage after a drug dog alerted to it. A subsequent search of the luggage pursuant to a warrant revealed cocaine. A federal grand jury indicted Sokolow for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Sokolow moved to suppress the cocaine, contending that the Terry stop wasn’t supported by reasonable suspicion. The district court denied the motion. Sokolow entered a conditional guilty plea, which permitted him to appeal the district court’s ruling. On appeal, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s judgment, holding that held the agents had lacked reasonable suspicion. The Ninth Circuit rejected the government’s argument that Sokolow’s characteristics fitting a drug-courier profile were sufficient to provide reasonable suspicion. The court held that the agents should’ve had some information that Sokolow was actually smuggling drugs before relying on a drug-courier profile for reasonable suspicion. The United States successfully petitioned the United States Supreme Court to review Sokolow’s case. Want more details on this case? Get the rule of law, issues, holding and reasonings, and more case facts here: https://www.quimbee.com/cases/united-... The Quimbee App features over 16,300 case briefs keyed to 223 casebooks. Try it free for 7 days! ► https://www.quimbee.com/case-briefs-o... Have Questions about this Case? Submit your questions and get answers from a real attorney here: https://www.quimbee.com/cases/united-... Did we just become best friends? Stay connected to Quimbee here: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel ► https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... Quimbee Case Brief App ► https://www.quimbee.com/case-briefs-o... Facebook ►   / quimbeedotcom   Twitter ►   / quimbeedotcom   #casebriefs #lawcases #casesummaries