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CORTES v. STATE

No. 54747.

260 P.3d 184 (2011)

Arturo Torres CORTES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 21, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Kohn , Public Defender, and Sharon G. Dickinson , Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, for Appellant.

Catherine Cortez Masto , Attorney General, Carson City; David J. Roger , District Attorney, Steven S. Owens , Chief Deputy District Attorney, and Carrie Morton , Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.

BEFORE DOUGLAS, C.J., PICKERING and HARDESTY, JJ.

OPINION

By the Court, PICKERING, J.:

During a routine traffic stop, the police developed what the district court found was a reasonable suspicion that the car's passenger, appellant Arturo Torres Cortes, was armed and dangerous. The police ordered Cortes out of the car and subjected him to a patdown search, which produced the evidence underlying the conviction for possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) he now appeals. Under Arizona...

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