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STATE v. VARNADO

No. C7-97-960.

582 N.W.2d 886 (1998)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Beverly Ann VARNADO, petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin A. Lund, Rochester, for Appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Attorney General, State of Minnesota, Raymond F. Schmitz, Olmsted County Attorney by David S. Voigt, Assistant County Attorney, Rochester, for Respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

TOMLJANOVICH, Justice.

We must determine whether one of the well-established exceptions to the Fourth Amendment's search warrant requirement applies to the frisk that occurred in this case. Two officers stopped respondent Beverly Ann Varnado for driving a car with a cracked windshield as she pulled into a parking lot of an apartment complex that is known for drug trafficking. Varnado was alone, cooperative, and did not engage in behavior evoking...

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