State v. Henderson

STEELE, Chief Justice,

for the majority:

In January 2004, the police decided to execute an arrest warrant for Michael Jones at a local Boys and Girls Club recreation center. When they executed the warrant, the police detained and performed a Terry pat-down of Steven Henderson. The Henderson’s pat-down resulted in the discovery of a gun. A Superior Court judge, unable to find any legal justification for the pat-down, granted Henderson’s motion to suppress the gun found. In this appeal, the State has urged this Court to determine that the officer had a reasonable articulable suspicion to stop and…