Florida v. Bostick Precedents:
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Terry v. Ohio (1968): A consensual encounter does not trigger Fourth
Amendment scrutiny.
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Florida v. Royer (1983): Even when officers have no basis for suspecting
a particular individual, they may generally request consent to search
luggage provided they do not convey a message that compliance with their
request is required.
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California v. Hodari (1991): A seizure does not occur simply because a
police officer approaches an individual and asks a few questions. So long as
a reasonable person would feel free to disregard the police and go about his
business.
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Michigan v. Chesternut (1988): A seizure occurs when a reasonable person
would believe that he or she is not free to leave.
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Boyd v. U.S. (1886): It is one of the primary aims of the Fourth
Amendment to protect citizens from the tyranny of being singled out for
search and seizure without particularized suspicion.