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             Jurisdiction _____________________________________ 1
             Statement of the Case ____________________________ 1-7
             Question Presented _______________________________ 7-8
             Summary of Argument ______________________________ 8-11
             Analysis of Issue 1 ______________________________ 11-12
             Analysis of Issue 2 ______________________________ 13-14
             Conclusion _______________________________________ 14-15
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
             TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
            
             Cases
            
             Arizona vs. Hicks, 480 U.S 321 (1987)
            
             Certiorari, 506 U.S. 814 (1992)
            
             Illinois vs. Andreas, 463 U.S. 765 (1983)
            
             Mapp vs. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
            
             Michigan vs. Long, 463 U.S. 1032 n. 16 (1983)
            
             Terry vs. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
            
             Texas vs. Brown, 460 U.S. 730 (1983)
            
            
             U.S. Constitution
            
             Fourth Amendment
            
             Plain Touch Doctrine
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
            
             JURISDICTION:
            
             The Minnesota Supreme Court found the respondent Timothy Dickerson guilty of the possession of cocaine. The Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed the decision. The Supreme Court of the United States of America granted certiorari and found that contraband detected through touch shall be admissible in court. This was affirmed on June 7, 1993.
            
             STATEMENT OF THE CASE:
            
             On the night of November 9, 1989 two Minneapolis law enforcement officers were patrolling an area on the city's north side in a marked squad car. At 8:15 p.m. one of the patrolling police officers noticed the defendant, Timothy Dickerson, leaving a twelve-unit apartment building on Morgan Avenue North. This particular officer had often responded to calls from this building in the past regarding different drug violations. The building had notoriously been referred to as a "crack house" and this is partially why the officers assumed there were illegal actions occurring when the respondent was leaving the location.
             According to inf...