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· 8/13/2025

In the Matter of the Welfare of: C.T.B

Syllabus

Police officers did not have a reasonable, articulable suspicion that appellant was armed and dangerous when they conducted a pat-frisk of the appellant because mere proximity to a suspect in an alleged crime is not enough to support reasonable, articulable suspicion for a warrantless pat-frisk. Reversed and remanded.

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