State v. Harder

Brandon Lee Harder was convicted in a nonjury trial of possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Under the United States Supreme Court decision in Terry v. Ohio , 392 U.S. 1, 30, 88 S. Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed. 2d 889 (1968), "law enforcement officers may stop and frisk a person in a public place if the officers reasonably suspect (1) [that] criminal activity may be afoot and (2) [that] the person being investigated is armed and presently dangerous." State v. Bannon , 306 Kan. 886, 892, 398 P.3d 846 (2017). After conducting a Terry stop and frisk, police officers found a…