California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Guilford, B219575, No. BA357801 (Cal. App. 2010):
1069, 1075.) If such a search exceeds the scope of what is necessary to determine if the suspect is armed, the search is no longer valid. (People v. Avila, supra, 58 Cal.App.4th at p. 1075.)
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