In Re Steven O.
Court of Appeals of Arizona
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FIDEL, Judge.
Appellant, a juvenile, argues that the juvenile court improperly denied his motion to suppress contraband seized during a warrantless “stop and frisk.” Whether an investigatory stop is valid is one question; whether a protective frisk is valid is another. The prerequisite for conducting an investigatory stop is a reasonable suspicion that a person is engaged or about to engage in criminal activity; the prerequisite for conducting a protective frisk is a reasonable suspicion that the suspect may be armed and presently dangerous. We find that the investigatory stop was valid…
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