COLEMAN, Judge.
In this criminal appeal, we hold that a police officer did not violate the Fourth Amendment when he opened a closed pouch discovered on James Phillips during a pat-down search because the officer reasonably believed that the pouch may have contained a weapon that posed a threat to him or to the public. Therefore, we uphold the trial judge's decision to admit into evidence the drug paraphernalia found inside Phillips' pouch as evidence obtained pursuant...
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