Jennifer W. v. Michael W.

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• concluding that squeezing, sliding and otherwise manipulating the contents of the defendant’s pocket constituted an additional search unrelated to the sole justification of the search for the frisk under Terry
• concluding that squeezing, sliding and otherwise manipulating the contents of the defendant's pocket constituted an additional search unrelated to the sole justification of the search for the frisk under Terry
• holding that protective searches must be “strictly limited to that which is necessary for the discovery of weapons which might be used to harm the officer or others nearby”
• holding that an officer may legally seize a concealed object during a pat down if the identity of the object as illegal contraband is “immediately apparent” to the officer
• holding that officer conducting weapons frisk may seize contraband discovered during frisk, but only if identity of contraband was immediately apparent to officer
• holding that officer conducting weapons frisk may seize contraband discovered during frisk, but only if identity of contraband was immediately apparent to officer

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