State v. Triplett

¶ 1. Martin D. Triplett appeals his judgment of conviction for possession with intent to deliver cocaine and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. Officers discovered the cocaine during a Terry 1 frisk for weapons. It fell down Triplett's pants leg when one of the officers gripped his belt loops and shook the waistband of his pants. Triplett contends that shaking his waistband went beyond the scope of a permissible Terry search and that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance for not moving to suppress the fruits of the search. We disagree. The officer's…