State v. Laskowski

— Rafael Laskowski and his companions matched the dispatcher’s description of the suspects in a possible vehicle prowl. Because Laskowski appeared nervous and wore a backpack capable of concealing a weapon, and because another youth in the group was known to have a criminal history involving weapons and another was seen to have a live shotgun cartridge in plain view, we hold that the officer reasonably believed that Laskowski was armed and dangerous, justifying a frisk for weapons. And, because Laskowski’s backpack was accessible to him and his companions, the patdown of the backpack was…