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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 4D00-3296.

785 So.2d 1224 (2001)

Claude JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 23, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez Orosa, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

GROSS, J.

The issue in this case is whether a police officer may conduct a pat down for weapons during what began as a consensual encounter with a citizen.1 We hold that during the encounter in this case, the officer made observations which supported his reasonable belief that the appellant was armed and potentially dangerous. He was, therefore, entitled to conduct a pat down under the Fourth Amendment.

Deputy Alex McDonald, an...

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