''Delaware v. Prouse'', 440 U.S. 648 (1979), was a
United States Supreme Court
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case in which the Court held that police may not stop motorists without any
reasonable suspicion
Reasonable suspicion is a legal standard of proof in United States law that is less than probable cause, the legal standard for arrests and warrants, but more than an "inchoate and unparticularized suspicion or 'hunch; it must be based on "specif ...
to suspect crime or illegal activity to check their driver's license and auto registration.
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1979 in United States case law