State v. Watkins

OPINION

LANKFORD, Judge.

¶ 1 Defendant Marcus Watkins appeals from the superior court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized after a stop and pat-down for weapons. The court denied the motion and admitted evidence obtained in the stop and frisk. Defendant contends that the stop and frisk were unlawful and therefore that the court should not have admitted the contraband as evidence.

¶ 2 This appeal requires us to decide first whether stopping Defendant violated the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. To answer that question, we consider whether stopping a person who…