State v. Williams

We are asked to determine whether the stop and frisk of appellee by Deputy Garst violated appellee’s right, as guaranteed by the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. We answer such query in the negative, as Deputy Garst’s conduct was lawful under the dictates of Terry v. Ohio (1968), 392 U.S. 1, and its progeny.

Terry stands for the proposition that “a police officer may in appropriate circumstances and in an appropriate manner approach a person for purposes of investigating possibly criminal behavior even…