{"id":33023,"date":"2018-05-11T09:59:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T14:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=33023"},"modified":"2018-05-11T09:59:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T14:59:56","slug":"wy-patdown-led-to-plain-feel-of-drugs-in-watch-pocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=33023","title":{"rendered":"WY: Patdown led to plain feel of drugs in watch pocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During a patdown, the officer felt what was likely drugs in the \u201ccoin pocket\u201d (called a watch pocket) and it was immediately apparent to him. Therefore, plain feel applied. <a href=\"https:\/\/services.courts.state.wy.us\/Documents\/Opinions\/2018WY47.pdf\">Maestas v. State<\/a>, 2018 WY 47, 2018 Wyo. LEXIS 49 (May 8, 2018).<\/p>\n<p>Defendant\u2019s guilty plea waived his suppression motion. <a href=\"http:\/\/nycourts.gov\/reporter\/3dseries\/2018\/2018_03381.htm\">People v. Scott<\/a>, 2018 NY Slip Op 03381, 2018 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3293 (2d Dept. May 9, 2018).*<\/p>\n<p>The raid on defendant\u2019s supplier produced 404(b) evidence used against defendant. It was relevant to prove defendant\u2019s intent. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supremecourt.ohio.gov\/rod\/docs\/pdf\/10\/2018\/2018-Ohio-1809.pdf\">State v. Robinson<\/a>, 2018-Ohio-1809, 2018 Ohio App. LEXIS 1941 (10th Dist. May 8, 2018).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a patdown, the officer felt what was likely drugs in the \u201ccoin pocket\u201d (called a watch pocket) and it was immediately apparent to him. Therefore, plain feel applied. Maestas v. State, 2018 WY 47, 2018 Wyo. LEXIS 49 (May &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=33023\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plain-view"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33024,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33023\/revisions\/33024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}