What was the 1993 US Supreme Court case related to Plain Feel Seizure?

The case related to Plain Feel Seizure is Minnesota v. Dickerson, which was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993. This landmark decision established that a law enforcement officer, during a stop and frisk, can only seize items that are immediately identifiable as contraband based on their sense of touch. The ruling clarified the limitations of the "plain feel" doctrine and emphasized that any seizure must be based on probable cause recognizable through the officer's tactile sense.

In Minnesota v. Dickerson, the court examined whether the officer's tactile perception of a small bag containing crack cocaine during a stop and frisk constituted lawful seizure. The Supreme Court ruled that while the officer may have initially conducted a valid stop and frisk based on reasonable suspicion, the subsequent seizure of the contraband was not justified as the officer could not definitively identify the substance solely through touch before the seizure took place. This case set important precedents for how law enforcement must operate under the Fourth Amendment concerning searches and seizures.