Legal Opinion
State v. Sleep
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 10, 1999No. NonePublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KONENKAMP, Justice (on reassignment).
[¶ 1.] In this appeal, we must decide if once a suspect surrenders a weapon to investigating officers, may the officers continue a patdown search when they still observe suspicious bulges which might be concealed weapons. The trial court upheld the search which ultimately revealed illegal drugs. We affirm because if officers reasonably suspect more weapons may be concealed, they may continue their patdown search.
Facts
[¶ 2.] On August 7, 1997 at approximately 3:30 am, Troopers Deuter and Lentz were patrolling on Highway 34 east of Sturgis, South Dakota,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by32 opinions
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