After concluding that there is a plain-feel doctrine, the Supreme Court applied that doctrine to the facts of Dickerson's case and concluded: After concluding that there is a plain-feel doctrine, the Supreme Court applied that doctrine to the facts of Dickerson's case and concluded: That the search was lawful under the Fourth Amendment. That, because the officer had to manipulate the object to determine what it was, the search overstepped the bounds of a Terry search. That, although the officer manipulated the object in Dickerson's pocket, the search was within the parameters of Terry. None of the above