Constitutional Criminal Procedure

Resource 6 . 4

16 minutes

Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court, 542 U.S. 177 (2004)

C.E. Field

Stop-and-Identify:  Can someone be arrested for failing to identify themselves during a temporary detention? 

The Court concludes there is no Fourth Amendment violation here, since the initial stop was based on reasonable suspicion and the statute requiring Hiibel to identify himself is not vague.  

Supreme Court of the United States

542 U.S. 177, 159 L. Ed. 2d 292, 124 S. Ct. 2451, SCDB 2003-075, 2004 U.S. LEXIS 4385

No. 03-5554

2004-06-21

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