TOMUANOVICH, Justice. This case presents the question of whether a police officer executing a warrantless protective weapons search may seize an object from a detainee’s pocket based on the officer’s perception that although the object is not a weapon, it feels like contraband. The trial court held in the affirmative and the court of appeals reversed. State v. Dickerson, <a hr…
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