State v. Ward

¶1 Ryan Ward raises procedural and substantive errors to the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. He complains that the findings of fact *576and conclusions of law entered in response to the motion were signed by a judge other than the judge that heard the motion. He also claims that a law enforcement officer who searched his pants lacked a reasonable articulable suspicion to search and that the officer exceeded the scope of a protective frisk. The denial of the motion to suppress led to a conviction, on stipulated facts, of possession of a controlled substance.

¶2 We hold that…