Amy Michelle Nelson v. Commonwealth

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• holding that it is not unreasonable for an officer to conduct a pat-down search when burglary is the crime for which the suspect is lawfully detained
• noting that where burglary is the crime for which the suspect is lawfully detained, it is not unreasonable for the investigating officer to conduct a pat-down search to assure his or her safety as the investigation continues
• suspicion that defendant had been involved in a burglary, a potentially violent felony, justified a pat-down for weapons to ensure officer safety during the stop

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).