Procedural History: The trial judge denied his motion. The Ohio court of appeals affirmed, and the State Supreme Court dismissed terry’s appeal.
Facts: While an officer in plain clothes patrolled downtown Cleveland, his attention was attracted by two men. Terry and Chilton stood on a corner and paced back and forth down the street alternating between one another. Both men repeatedly looked in the store window, and took roughly a dozen trips. The officer had thirty-nine years of experience as an officer and thirty-five as a detective. He had been assigned to patrol this area of downtown Cleveland for shoplifters and pickpockets for thirty years. He developed routine habits of observation over the years and his attention was aroused. At one
Facts: While an officer in plain clothes patrolled downtown Cleveland, his attention was attracted by two men. Terry and Chilton stood on a corner and paced back and forth down the street alternating between one another. Both men repeatedly looked in the store window, and took roughly a dozen trips. The officer had thirty-nine years of experience as an officer and thirty-five as a detective. He had been assigned to patrol this area of downtown Cleveland for shoplifters and pickpockets for thirty years. He developed routine habits of observation over the years and his attention was aroused. At one