State v. Morton

<bold>Search and Seizure — frisk of defendant for weapons — reasonable</bold> <bold>suspicion</bold> <block_quote> The decision of the Court of Appeals that the trial court erred by denying defendant's motion to suppress scales and cocaine seized during a search of defendant's person is reversed for the reason stated in the Court of Appeals dissenting opinion that, under the totality of the circumstances, officers had reasonable suspicion to frisk defendant for a weapon based upon a confidential informant's tip that defendant was involved in a recent drive-by shooting, the fact defendant was wearing gang colors, and information received from other informants and anonymous tipsters that defendant was selling drugs in the area.</block_quote>