In re C.C.

¶ 1. Defendant challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress an ecstasy pill removed from his pocket without a warrant during a weapons pat-down. He argues that the State did not meet the “immediately apparent” probable cause standard for removal of the pill under the “plain-feel” doctrine, an exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement. The State responds that the warrantless removal of the pill was legal under the plain-feel doctrine because the officer was in a lawful position to feel the pill and its incriminating character, and that he had the lawful right to…