State v. Flores

This opinion was filed for record FILE fN CLERK'S OFFICE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF at (Ju~--~n [tt?t(, WASHINGTON SAN L. CARLSON Supreme Court Clerk IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, Petitioner, NO. 91986-1 v. ENBANC CODY RAY FLORES, Filed _S_EP_1_~'i_2_o·J_6_ Respondent. STEPHENS, J.-This case requires us to decide under what circumstances officers making a lawful arrest may seize a companion ofthe arrestee in the absence of reasonable suspicion to independently justify a Terri stop of the companion. We hold that where officers have an objective rationale…