THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
RICHARD ARTHUR WRIGHT, Defendant and Appellant.
Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 1, 1988.
December 1, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Alister McAlister, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael D. Wellington and Sara Gros-Cloren, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.
OPINION
THE COURT.*
(1a) In this appeal we are asked to decide the novel and interesting question of whether a police officer may conduct a patdown search of a suspect's clothing which is not being worn by the suspect. Under the facts of this case we conclude that the search was proper. As defendant's motion to suppress was also correctly denied on the other grounds raised, we will affirm...
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