State v. PAUL T.

OPINION

FRANCHINI, Justice.

{1} Paul T. contests the children’s court’s denial of his motion to suppress certain evidence used against him in a delinquency proceeding. The Court of Appeals affirmed the children’s court, holding that the initial pat down of Paul’s person was a valid protective search and that the subsequent search of Paul’s pockets was reasonable under the circumstances. The Court of Appeals rejected Paul’s argument that the pat-down search was pretextual, deciding that the argument depended on determinations of credibility and weight on which the appellate court should defer to…