Moyer, C.J. In determining whether defendant’s constitutional rights were violated, we must consider two issues arising under the Fourth Amendment. First, having lawfully detained defendant for a traffic violation, did the police officers have the authority to conduct a pat-down search of defendant’s body after ordering him out of his car? Second, if the officers had legal authority to search defendant, did they exceed the permi…
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