State v. W. McClellan

Summary

The court held that an officer lawfully expanded a welfare check into an investigatory stop because the circumstances supported particularized suspicion that McClellan was impaired and operating a running vehicle. Subsequent observations, including McClellan's inability to produce identification and his voluntary opening of a box containing drug paraphernalia, further justified the investigation, frisk, and warrant-based vehicle search. The court affirmed the denial of suppression.