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On a hot summer day, an off-duty detective is having lunch in an Italian bistro in Las Vegas. He looks out the window of the restaurant and sees a man in long sleeved clothing walking back and forth in front of a bank across the street. The man appears to be constantly peering inside the bank's window and is checking his watch regularly. The officer decides to investigate. He walks across the street and confronts the man, asking him to explain what he is doing and to show ID. Unsatisfied with the man's evasive answers, the officer asks the suspect to raise his arms to the side and pats the man down. After feeling what he thinks is a gun, the officer reaches in the man's coat pocket. There, the officer finds a 9mm handgun and a small bag of cocaine.
-Based on the Supreme Court's decisions in Terry v. Ohio and Minnesota v. Dickerson, which piece or pieces of evidence do you think will be admissible at trial?


A) The gun only
B) The bag of cocaine only
C) Both the gun and the bag of cocaine
D) Neither the gun nor the bag of cocaine

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