Franklin v. State

ROBERT J. GLADWIN, Judge.

|,Appellant Kirby Franklin, Jr., was convicted by a Drew County jury of possession of cocaine and sentenced, as a habitual offender, to eighteen years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Appellant argues that the circuit court erred in denying his motion to suppress physical evidence discovered during a pat-down search of his person. We affirm.

Facts

In response to a tip that appellant was selling crack cocaine, law-enforcement officers located appellant and conducted an investigatory stop pursuant to Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.1 (2009). Appellant was…