OPINION
SUTIN, Judge.
{1} Defendant pled no contest to possession of methamphetamine and reserved the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. We hold that the patdown search that revealed methamphetamine in Defendant's sock was illegal, reverse the denial of the motion to suppress, and remand for further proceedings.
BACKGROUND
{2} In the afternoon of June 25, 2001, Officer Rohnnie Shaw of the Hobbs Police Department stopped...
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