Does a police officer violate the Fourth Amendment by approaching an individual on the street or in another public place, by asking him if he is willing to answer some questions?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Malone, 947 F.2d 951 (9th Cir. 1991):
law enforcement officers do not violate the Fourth Amendment by merely approaching an individual on the street or in another public place, by asking him if he is willing to answer some questions, by putting questions to him if the person is willing to listen, or by offering in evidence in a criminal prosecution his voluntary answers to such questions.
Florida v. Royer, 460 U.S. 491, 497 (1983).
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