Legal Opinion
Perry v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided November 15, 1996No. 95-158PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Justice.
The issues in this case evolve from a pat-down search of Robert L. Perry, Sr. (Perry) on the occasion of the arrest of his son, Robert L. Perry, Jr. (Perry, Jr.), for driving with a suspended driver’s license. The pat-down search resulted in the seizure of three hypodermic needles and Perry’s arrest for possession of drug paraphernalia. After he was arrested, the vehicle he had been driving was impounded, and an inventory search of the vehicle was conducted. In the course of this search, a fanny pack was discovered, and further examination of the fanny pack disclosed a ziplock…
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