State v. Kyles

¶ 1. This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals affirming the order of the Circuit Court for Kenosha County, David M. Bastianelli, Judge.1 The circuit court granted the motion of Joshua O. Kyles, the defendant, to suppress marijuana seized in a frisk, a protective search for weapons during a routine traffic stop. "Frisk" refers to "measures to determine whether the person is in fact carrying a weapon and to neutral*6ize the threat of physical harm."2 The circuit court ruled that the police officer lacked an articulable, reasonable objective basis to believe that the…