Alexander v. State

Without deciding, the majority “assumes” that the informant’s tip herein provided reasonable suspicion that a crime was being committed so as to justify stopping appellant’s vehicle. Despite this “assumption”, however, the majority finds that “neither the facts nor the law” supports the trial court’s finding that the subsequent pat-down search of appellant was justified because the informant’s tip gave the arresting officers probable cause to believe that the defendant may have been armed and dangerous because he was engaged in a drug transaction involving a large quantity of narcotics and a…