STATE v. WATKINS

No. 1 CA-CR 03-0197.

88 P.3d 1174 (2004)

207 Ariz. 562

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Marcus Larue WATKINS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

As Amended May 5, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Goddard, Attorney General By Randall M. Howe, Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section, and David Wood, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellee.

James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender By Louise Stark, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellant.


OPINION

LANKFORD, Judge.

¶ 1 Defendant Marcus Watkins appeals from the superior court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized after a stop and pat-down for weapons. The court denied the motion and admitted evidence obtained in the stop and frisk. Defendant contends that the stop and frisk were unlawful and therefore that the court should not have admitted the contraband as evidence.

¶ 2 This appeal requires us to decide first...

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