Legal Opinion
State v. Dorey
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided June 26, 2008No. 25938-2-IIIPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchultheis, C.J.
¶1 We are asked to decide a single issue: whether police may stop a potential witness when investigating a disturbance complaint when there exist no exigent circumstances. We hold that they may not and reverse.
FACTS
¶2 At approximately 8:46 p.m. on June 29, 2006, Benton County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Bostic responded to a complaint by a named citizen of a disturbance involving a black man and another man in a black shirt. Deputy Bostic arrived at the intersection where the alleged disturbance was reported to have occurred 5 to 10 minutes earlier and found nothing. He then went to a convenience…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by6 opinions
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