Legal Opinion
State v. Dickerson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 20, 1992No. C9-90-1780PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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, 469 N.W.2d 462 (Minn.1991). We affirm.
After a trial on essentially stipulated facts from the omnibus hearing, defendant was convicted in Hennepin County District Court of fifth degree possession of a controlled substance,…
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