In the Interest of William M.

ROWLEY, President Judge:

The facts underlying this appeal are not in dispute. On October 26, 1993, at approximately 1:11 a.m., Police Officer Gerald McLaughlin, while patrolling in a marked police ear in the city of Philadelphia, observed appellee William M. sitting outside a restaurant. Believing appellee to be in violation of the city’s curfew ordinance, Officer McLaughlin stopped and asked appellee his age. When Officer McLaughlin ascertained appellee’s age, he determined that appellee was in fact in violation of the curfew ordi*159nance.1 Officer McLaughlin then searched appellee, whereupon he…