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Passengers beware: You can be frisked

In Arizona v. Johnson, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether police officers who perform a lawful traffic stop have the authority to frisk the vehicle’s passengers. The facts in Johnson are not complicated: The defendant was the passenger of a vehicle that was lawfully stopped after it was discovered that the vehicle’s registration ...

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