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STATE v. DICKERSON

No. C9-90-1780.

481 N.W.2d 840 (1992)

STATE of Minnesota, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Timothy Eugene DICKERSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 20, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Kennedy, Hennepin County Public Defender, Peter Gorman, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for petitioner, appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, and Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Atty., Beverly J. Wolfe, Asst. Hennepin County Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

TOMLJANOVICH, Justice.

This case presents the question of whether a police officer executing a warrantless protective weapons search may seize an object from a detainee's pocket based on the officer's perception that although the object is not a weapon, it feels like contraband. The trial court held in the affirmative and the court of appeals reversed. State v. Dickerson, 469 N.W.2d 462 (Minn. 1991). We affirm.

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