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Terry Test - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Officer may perform a full blown search incident to arrest
    - - Did the officer take hold of the person?
        
        doesn't have to be physical
        
        would a reasonable person feel free to leave?
        
        If Yes
        
        Defendant was not seized, therefore 4th A doesn't apply
        
        If No, continue to step 2
- - - - Hands against the wall
      - In public -- shameful and embaressing
      - The Court looks at the totality of the circumstances as to the nature and quality of the seizure
- - - - Balancing test: Officer's need to protect herself and the public v.
        the individual's right to be free from gov't intrusion
    - - Officer must be able to make rational inferences (not an inarticulate hunch) about whether △ is presently armed and dangerous