CLEVELAND, Ohio - A program on Terry v. Ohio, the landmark Supreme Court case on unreasonable search and seizures, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Cleveland State University's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

A new Ohio historical plaque will commemorate the case.

Terry v. Ohio was a 1968 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which held that the Fourth Amendment  prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures is not violated when a police officer stops a suspect on the street and frisks him or her without probably cause to arrest if the police officer has a reasonable suspicion that the person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime and has a reasonable belief that the person "may be armed and presently dangerous."

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The case was litigated by defense attorney and future Congressman Louis Stokes and prosecutor Reuben Payne, both 1953 graduates of Cleveland-Marshall. 

The Supreme Court oral argument in 1967 was a milestone in American legal history, as two black lawyers argued a case before a black Supreme Court justice for the first time, the university said. 

Speakers at the dedication ceremony include retired Cleveland Municipal Judge C. Ellen Connally, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Stuart Friedman, former Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty and BrettBrett Hammond of the prosecutor's office.

Hammond is the grandson of congressman Stokes and Friedman is the son of Judge Bernard Friedman, who presided over the Terry case in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.

The 60-minute program is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception. 

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