Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This note examines the United States Supreme Court's decision which addressed the constitutionality of "bus sweeps" -- random suspicionless police questioning of interstate bus travelers. The Court concluded that a reasonable bus passenger could feel free to disregard police questioning, and accordingly found that not all such encounters are entitled to Fourth Amendment scrutiny. The author explores the Court's decision and contends that only by severely underestimating the inherent coercion in such encounters was the Court able to avoid the intuitive conclusion that passengers are "seized" during such questioning.
First Page
173
Last Page
199
Publication Date
11-1-1992
Department
College of Law
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Heuerman, James F.
(1992)
"Florida v. Bostick: Abandonment of Reason in Fourth Amendment Reasonable Person Analysis,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 13:
Iss.
1, Article 4.
Suggested Citation
James F. Heuerman, Note, Florida v. Bostick: Abandonment of Reason in Fourth Amendment Reasonable Person Analysis, 13 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 173 (1992).
