The juvenile was with three others three minutes before curfew walking in the middle of the street. The officer told them to come over toward the police car so he could tell them to walk on the sidewalk, and he was also curious about where they lived since curfew was in minutes. The juvenile tugged at his pants like a gun was weighing them down, in the officer’s experience. That justified a patdown for the weapon that was found. State in the Interest of T.H., 2012 La. App. LEXIS 1645 (La.App. 4 Cir. December 12, 2012).
“Here, the officers did no more than they were authorized to do by Terry. The approach of the defendant, on a public street, by officers who wore no uniforms and therefore identified themselves by displaying their badges, and who neither displayed any weapons nor engaged in hostile or aggressive actions towards the defendant, did not impinge upon any constitutionally protected interest of the defendant.” Commonwealth v. Damelio, 2012 Mass. App. LEXIS 291 (December 14, 2012).*
Defendant was stopped for a traffic offense, and the officer asked for his DL and papers. Sitting on the seat next to the driver was a crumpled brown paper bag. The officer asked for the bag, and in it was cocaine. The turning over the bag was by consent, not a response to a command. State v. Milton, 2012 La. LEXIS 3412 (December 14, 2012).*
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