The main issue on this appeal is whether the pat-down search conducted by the police deprived defendant of his Fourth Amendment rights, requiring suppression of a loaded handgun found on his person and his subsequent confession. We hold that in the circumstance of this case the search violated defendant's constitutional rights and that
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