(DOWNLOAD) "Stanley v. Commonwealth" by Supreme Court of Wyoming * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Stanley v. Commonwealth
- Author : Supreme Court of Wyoming
- Release Date : January 10, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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Norris Edward Stanley, appellant, appeals from his convictions for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm while in possession of cocaine. After stopping appellants motor scooter because the operator was not wearing a helmet and failed to stop at a stop sign, the officers noticed a bulge in his front pants pocket. The officers conducted a patdown search for weapons and felt a rock-like substance in a plastic bag, which, one testified, "based on [his] training and experience, [he] believed ... to be cocaine." The officer ordered the appellant to remove the object, which disclosed a "baggie" of crack cocaine and $223 in folded currency. A subsequent search of appellants motor scooter revealed cocaine and a revolver. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress on the ground (1) that the police lacked the reasonable suspicion necessary to conduct a patdown search for weapons, and (2) that their further search of him following the patdown was unreasonable because the patdown search revealed no evidence of a weapon. We hold that the patdown search violated the fourth amendment. Consequently, the evidence was illegally seized and we, therefore, reverse appellants convictions.