michigan summers argued february decided june police officers executing warrant search house narcotics encountered respondent descending front steps requested assistance gaining entry detained searched premises finding narcotics ascertaining respondent owned house police arrested searched person found heroin coat pocket respondent charged possession heroin found person moved suppress heroin product illegal search violation fourth amendment trial judge granted motion quashed information michigan appeals michigan affirmed held initial detention respondent constituted seizure assumed unsupported probable cause violate constitutional right secure unreasonable seizure person fourth amendment purposes warrant search contraband founded probable cause implicitly carries limited authority detain occupants premises proper search conducted lawful require respondent remain house evidence establishing probable cause arrest found arrest search incident thereto constitutionally permissible pp reversed stevens delivered opinion burger white blackmun powell rehnquist joined stewart filed dissenting opinion brennan marshall joined post timothy baughman argued cause petitioner brief william cahalan gerald lorence argued cause filed brief respondent elliott schulder argued cause amicus curiae urging reversal brief solicitor general mccree assistant attorney general heymann deputy solicitor general frey bruce ennis argued cause american civil liberties union amicus curiae urging affirmance brief lawrence herman justice stevens delivered opinion detroit police officers execute warrant search house narcotics encountered respondent descending front steps requested assistance gaining entry detained searched premises finding narcotics basement ascertaining respondent owned house police arrested searched person found coat pocket envelope containing grams heroin respondent charged possession heroin found person moved suppress heroin product illegal search violation fourth amendment trial judge granted motion quashed information order affirmed divided panel michigan appeals app michigan dissent three justices granted state petition certiorari reverse dispositive question case whether initial detention respondent violated constitutional right secure unreasonable seizure person state attempts justify eventual search respondent person arguing authority search premises granted warrant implicitly included authority search persons premises authority included authorization search furniture containers particular things described might concealed michigan appeals correctly noted even otherwise acceptable argument justify initial detention respondent outside premises described warrant see mich detention permissible need reach question whether search warrant premises includes right search persons found police searched respondent probable cause arrest done appraisal validity search respondent person therefore depends upon determination whether officers authority require house remain conducted search ii assessing validity respondent initial detention note first constituted seizure within meaning fourth amendment state contend otherwise record demonstrates respondent free leave premises officers searching home also clear respondent formally arrested search completed dispute therefore involves constitutionality seizure assume unsupported probable cause dunaway new york reaffirmed general rule official seizure person must supported probable cause even formal arrest made case police officers located murder suspect neighbor house took custody transported police station interrogation ultimately produced confession suspect arrested confessed presumably set free probable cause established questioning state argued detention equated arrest upheld reasonable view serious character crime fact police articulable basis suspecting dunaway involved firmly rejected state argument noting detention petitioner important respects indistinguishable traditional arrest stated indeed exception cover seizure intrusive case threaten swallow general rule fourth amendment seizures reasonable based probable cause central importance requirement protection citizen privacy afforded fourth amendment guarantees compromised fashion requirement probable cause roots deep history henry hostility seizures based mere suspicion prime motivation adoption fourth amendment decisions immediately adoption affirmed common rumor report suspicion even strong reason suspect adequate support warrant arrest footnotes omitted familiar threshold standard probable cause fourth amendment seizures reflects benefit extensive experience accommodating factors relevant reasonableness requirement fourth amendment provides relative simplicity clarity necessary implementation workable rule see brinegar first case terry ohio recognized narrow authority police officers suspect criminal activity make limited intrusions individual personal security based less probable cause approved frisk weapons justifiable response officer reasonable belief dealing possibly armed dangerous suspect second case adams williams relied terry hold officer forcibly stop suspect investigate informant tip suspect armed carrying narcotics held special enforcement problems confronted roving border patrol agents though sufficient justify random stops vehicles near mexican border question occupants citizenship adequate support vehicle stops based agents awareness specific articulable facts indicating vehicle contained illegal aliens reasoned difficulty patrolling long mexican border interest controlling influx illegal aliens justified limited intrusion usually lasting minute involved stop see also cortez cases recognize seizures admittedly covered fourth amendment constitute limited intrusions personal security detained justified substantial law enforcement interests may made less probable cause long police articulable basis suspecting criminal activity cases dunaway applying ultimate standard reasonableness embodied fourth amendment consistent general rule every arrest every seizure essential attributes formal arrest unreasonable unless supported probable cause demonstrate exception limited intrusions may justified special law enforcement interests confined momentary detention accompanied frisk weapons involved terry adams therefore order decide whether case controlled general rule necessary examine character official intrusion justification iii prime importance assessing intrusion fact police obtained warrant search respondent house contraband neutral detached magistrate found probable cause believe law violated house authorized substantial invasion privacy persons resided detention one residents premises searched although admittedly significant restraint liberty surely less intrusive search indeed may safely assume citizens unless intend flight avoid arrest elect remain order observe search possessions furthermore type detention imposed likely exploited officer unduly prolonged order gain information information officers seek normally obtained search detention moreover detention case respondent residence add minimally public stigma associated search involve neither inconvenience indignity associated compelled visit police station sharp contrast custodial interrogation dunaway detention respondent substantially less intrusive arrest assessing justification detention occupant premises searched contraband pursuant valid warrant law enforcement interest nature articulable facts supporting detention relevant obvious legitimate law enforcement interest preventing flight event incriminating evidence found less obvious sometimes greater importance interest minimizing risk harm officers although special danger police suggested evidence record execution warrant search narcotics kind transaction may give rise sudden violence frantic efforts conceal destroy evidence risk harm police occupants minimized officers routinely exercise unquestioned command situation cf lafave search seizure pp finally orderly completion search may facilitated occupants premises present may induce open locked doors locked containers avoid use force damaging property may also delay completion task hand also appropriate consider nature articulable individualized suspicion police base detention occupant home subject search warrant already noted detention represents incremental intrusion personal liberty search home authorized valid warrant existence search warrant however also provides objective justification detention judicial officer determined police probable cause believe someone home committing crime thus neutral magistrate rather officer field made critical determination police given special authorization thrust privacy home connection occupant home gives police officer easily identifiable certain basis determining suspicion criminal activity justifies detention occupant payton new york held police officers may enter private residence make routine felony arrest without first obtaining warrant case rejected suggestion search warrant adequately protect privacy interests stake noting distinction search warrant arrest warrant far less significant interposition magistrate determination probable cause zealous officer citizen true arrest warrant requirement may afford less protection search warrant requirement suffice interpose magistrate determination probable cause zealous officer citizen sufficient evidence citizen participation felony persuade judicial officer arrest justified constitutionally reasonable require open doors officers law thus fourth amendment purposes arrest warrant founded probable cause implicitly carries limited authority enter dwelling suspect lives reason believe suspect within lawful require respondent remain house evidence establishing probable cause arrest found arrest search incident thereto constitutionally permissible judgment michigan must therefore reversed ordered david crump michael kuhn filed brief john holmes et al amici curiae urging reversal footnotes upon arriving named address officer roger lehman saw defendant go front door house proceed across porch steps defendant asked open door replied left keys inside ring someone intercom dwight calhoun came door admit police officers result officers obtained entrance premises forcing open front door admittance gained officer lehman instructed officer conant previously stationed along side house bring defendant still porch house eight occupants house detained search premises revealed two plastic bags suspected narcotics bar basement finding suspected narcotics basement upon determining defendant owner house officer conant formally arrested defendant violation controlled substances act mcl msa custodial search conducted officer conant revealed plastic bag containing suspected heroin defendant jacket pocket heroin discovered person defendant forms basis instant possession charge fourth amendment constitution provides right people secure persons houses papers effects unreasonable searches seizures shall violated warrants shall issue upon probable cause supported oath affirmation particularly describing place searched persons things seized several occupants house michigan law evidence narcotics found basement respondent house apparently insufficient support conviction see people davenport app michigan appeals relied davenport conclude officers probable cause arrest search respondent even though owner house contraband found mich judge bashara dissenting appeals three dissenting justices michigan pointed davenport concerns proof necessary support conviction dispositive question whether police probable cause arrest see brinegar regardless whether police probable cause arrest respondent michigan law probable cause within meaning fourth amendment issue respondent challenge conclusion evidence found home established probable cause arrest see brief respondent seizure issue case confused search issue presented ybarra illinois ybarra police executing search warrant public tavern detained searched customers happened present question concerning legitimacy detention raised rather concluded search ybarra invalid police reason believe special connection premises police basis suspecting armed possession contraband see case detention issue police knew respondent lived house search probable cause arrest done quite plain fourth amendment governs seizures person eventuate trip station house prosecution crime arrests traditional terminology must recognized whenever police officer accosts individual restrains freedom walk away seized person terry ohio noted dunaway taken neighbor home police car transported police station placed interrogation room informed free leave free leave physically restrained attempted upholding frisk employed officer case assumed without explicitly stating fourth amendment prohibit forcible stops officer reasonable suspicion crime committed see harlan concurring white concurring adams williams made explicit implicit terry brief stop suspicious individual order determine identity maintain status quo momentarily obtaining information may reasonable light facts known officer time noted informant tip insufficient justify arrest search based probable cause spinelli aguilar texas information carried enough indicia reliability justify officer forcible stop williams several cases concluded absence articulable facts available officer rendered detention unreasonable delaware prouse held police make random stops vehicles order check drivers licenses vehicle registrations absence articulable reasonable suspicion motorist unlicensed car unregistered brown texas held statute requiring individuals identify unconstitutional applied police reasonable suspicion petitioner committed committing crime finally ybarra illinois held police executing search warrant tavern invoke terry frisk patron unless officers individualized suspicion patron might armed dangerous detention approved encompass search vehicle held search must supported probable cause held stops permanent checkpoints involved even less intrusion motorist detention roving patrol thus stop need even based individualized suspicion opinion terry chief justice warren identified central inquiry fourth amendment reasonableness circumstances particular governmental invasion citizen personal security analyzing specific stop frisk involved case stated scheme fourth amendment becomes meaningful assured point conduct charged enforcing laws subjected detached neutral scrutiny judge must evaluate reasonableness particular search seizure light particular circumstances making assessment imperative facts judged objective standard facts available officer moment seizure search man reasonable caution belief action taken appropriate cf carroll beck ohio footnotes omitted justice white concurring dunaway noted terry almost unique exception standard probable cause rather key principle fourth amendment reasonableness balancing competing interests purpose underlying terry stop investigating possible criminal activity served police must certain circumstances able detain individual longer brief time period involved terry adams one commentator observed clear several investigative techniques may utilized effectively course stop common interrogation may include request identification inquiry concerning suspicious conduct person detained sometimes officer communicate others either police private citizens effort verify explanation tendered confirm identification determine whether person identity otherwise wanted suspect may detained determined fact offense occurred area process might involve checking certain premises locating examining objects abandoned suspect talking people known offense occurred area suspect may viewed witnesses crime reason conclude investigative methods type listed inherently objectionable might cast doubt upon reasonableness detention however use makes period detention unduly long involves moving suspect another locale lafave search seizure pp reiterated years ago physical entry home chief evil wording fourth amendment directed district long adhered view warrant procedure minimizes danger needless intrusions sort payton new york professor lafave noted reasonableness detention may determined part whether police diligently pursuing means investigation likely resolve matter one way another soon lafave search seizure moreover unlike seizure dunaway designed provide opportunity interrogation lead dunaway confession seizure case likely coercive aspects likely induce view fact respondent leaving house officers arrived constitutional significance seizure respondent sidewalk outside intrusive detention residents house police found inside fact holding today deals case police warrant course preclude possibility comparable police conduct may justified exigent circumstances absence warrant question however presented case justice jackson recognized significance determination johnson point fourth amendment often grasped zealous officers denies law enforcement support usual inferences reasonable men draw evidence protection consists requiring inferences drawn neutral detached magistrate instead judged officer engaged often competitive enterprise ferreting crime assumption evidence sufficient support magistrate disinterested determination issue search warrant justify officers making search without warrant reduce amendment nullity leave people homes secure discretion police officers crime even privacy one quarters course grave concern society law allows crime reached proper showing right officers thrust home also grave concern individual society chooses dwell reasonable security freedom surveillance right privacy must reasonably yield right search rule decided judicial officer policeman government enforcement agent footnotes omitted refusing approve seizures based less probable cause dunaway declined adopt multifactor balancing test reasonable police conduct circumstances cover seizures amount technical arrests noted protections intended framers easily disappear consideration balancing multifarious circumstances presented different cases especially balancing may done first instance police officers engaged often competitive enterprise ferreting crime decide whether result justified search warrant merely authorized search evidence cf zurcher stanford daily see also stevens dissenting although special circumstances possibly prolonged detention might lead different conclusion unusual case persuaded routine detention residents house searched contraband pursuant valid warrant case justice stewart justice brennan justice marshall join dissenting correct stating seizures significantly less intrusive arrest withstood scrutiny reasonableness standard embodied fourth amendment ante escalate statement kind general rule ignore protections fourth amendment guarantees us two types seizures need based probable cause first represented terry line cases limited stop question person perform patdown weapons police reason believe armed dangerous terry ohio second brief stop vehicles near international borders question occupants vehicles citizenship two special exceptions general prohibition seizures based probable cause leaps broad idea courts may approve wide variety seizures based probable cause long courts find balancing law enforcement purposes police conduct severity intrusion seizure appears reasonable ante nn two lines cases represent sort exemplary balancing test fourth amendment cases rather represent two isolated exceptions general rule fourth amendment already performed constitutional balance police objectives personal privacy seizure permitted today detention person home police execute search warrant contraband inside categorically different two special exceptions warrant requirement poses significantly greater threat protections guaranteed constitution common denominator terry cases border checkpoint cases presence governmental interest independent ordinary interest investigating crime apprehending suspects interest important enough overcome presumptive constitutional restraints police conduct issue terry governmental interest investigating crime addition immediate interest police officer taking steps assure person dealing armed weapon unexpectedly fatally used terry ohio though officer terry engaged investigating crime governmental purpose justified stop patdown investigation neutralization danger policeman investigative circumstance stating essential holding said officer justified believing individual whose suspicious behavior investigating close range armed presently dangerous officer others appear clearly unreasonable deny officer power take necessary measures determine whether person fact carrying weapon neutralize threat physical harm similarly adams williams officer received informant tip amounting probable cause williams carrying narcotics gun held officer acted legally reaching car intruding williams person see williams indeed possession lethal weapon holding made clear justified intrusion williams person possibility finding contraband narcotics rather officer need protect harm seizing suspected gun purpose limited search discover evidence crime allow officer pursue investigation without fear violence accord pennsylvania mimms see ybarra illinois supra approved limited stop vehicles patrols immigration officers near mexican border stressed unique governmental interest preventing illegal entry aliens held brief stops inquiries based less probable cause search arrest necessary entry undocumented aliens creates significant economic social problems competing citizens legal resident aliens jobs generating extra demand social services upholding similarly brief stops inquiries permanent checkpoints relied unique difficulty patrolling long virtually uninhabited border area difficulty prove insuperable government stop vehicle basis probable cause believe particular vehicle contained illegal entrants seems clear therefore uphold detention less probable cause ground reasonable light competing interests government must demonstrate important purpose beyond normal goals criminal investigation must demonstrate extraordinary obstacle investigation ii approves today justified special governmental interest law enforcement need two governmental purposes supporting detention respondent one legitimate law enforcement interest preventing flight event incriminating evidence found ante orderly completion search may facilitated occupants premises present ante unlike law enforcement objectives justified police conduct terry border stop cases objectives represented nothing ordinary police interest discovering evidence crime apprehending wrongdoers fourth fourteenth amendments impose significant restraints upon traditional police activities even though police courts may find restraints unreasonably inconvenient police acting without probable cause seize person make available arrest case probable cause later developed arrest requirement probable cause arrest turned upside police may seize person without probable cause order facilitate execution warrant authorize arrest fundamental principle scope search seizure justified scope underlying warrant suffered serious damage authority principle police engage searches seizures without probable cause simply enhances ability conduct investigations may eventually lead probable cause see davis mississippi beyond issue governmental interest justifying detention question view detention limited unintrusive sort permits engage reasonableness balancing test said dunaway new york terry ohio defined special category fourth amendment seizures substantially less intrusive arrests general rule requiring probable cause make fourth amendment seizures reasonable replaced balancing test emphasis added noted dunaway patdown searches terry adams mimms declared legal extremely limited time degree personal intrusion also noted border cases stops normally consumed less minute involved brief interrogation thus rare cases permitted independent balancing interests police intrusion extremely narrow moreover required stop inquiry search reasonably related scope justification initiation terry ohio see requirement unusual governmental law enforcement interests justifying patdown stops border stops provided limiting principle ensuring narrowness police action detention approved today however different order explicit holding warrant search contraband founded probable cause implicitly carries limited authority detain occupants premises proper search conducted ante footnotes omitted though superficial reading language may suggest minor intrusion brief duration detention proper search conducted mean detention several hours police thereby make person prisoner home potentially long period time moreover questionable nature governmental interest asserted state acknowledged case requirement scope intrusion reasonably related justification provide limiting principle circumscribing detention purpose detention help police make search detention long police find necessary protract search dunaway reaffirmed standards probable cause embodied best compromise found accommodating often opposing interests safeguard ing citizens rash unreasonable interferences privacy seek ing give fair leeway enforcing law community protection quoting brinegar present case presents occasion departing principle respectfully dissent acknowledges ante record case presents evidence whatsoever police feared threat safety others conduct respondent reasonably feared says nevertheless kind transaction may give rise sudden violence ibid police demonstrate basis specific articulable facts reasonable belief person threatens physical harm others speculation persons circumstance might pose threat justify search seizure ybarra illinois perplexing citation notes holding payton new york arrest warrant based probable cause justifies entering person home carry arrest declares payton relevant today ante thought point passage quotes payton police justified arresting person home warrant arrest based upon probable cause believe violated criminal law since absence probable cause lies heart case fail understand payton relevance record clearly reveal length search case harris federal bureau investigation search apartment burglar tools pair checks consumed five hours see also stanford texas also question confident assertions inoffensive nature detention case first says detention innocuous less intrusive search mandated warrant ante reasoning course circular since question severity detention arises based warrant probable cause second says intrusion serious one citizen fact want present search house unless fleeing avoid arrest ibid must infer respondent want present house search else brought claim law penalize fleeing arrest police probable cause arrest second reason amounts view person assert rights exclusionary rule stands benefit exclusion finally observes sort detention likely exploited unduly prolonged police since officers likely find information seek search detention ibid confess understand reason seems restatement view police may detain person available arrest complete search view merely begs question whether potential duration search threatens person lengthy detention adverts problem suggesting special circumstances possibly prolonged detention might lead different conclusion unusual case ante provides criteria identifying special circumstances determining detention prolonged particular fails tell law enforcement officers whether detention always permissible however protracted long exceed length search house ambiguity casts doubt assertion ante holding require individual police officers engage sort ad hoc legal judgments pose serious threat fourth fourteenth amendment protections dunaway new york