State v. Faith

WALTERS, Judge Pro Tem.

Steven G. Faith appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered upon his conditional guilty plea to possession of methamphetamine. At issue on appeal is whether the district court erred in denying Faith’s motion to suppress evidence. We reverse, holding that the police exceeded permissible limits in searching Faith during a Terry 1 stop.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY

While on a routine early morning patrol, Post Falls Police Department Officer John Mason was checking a motel parking lot for “stolen vehicles, suspicious individuals out in the lots possibly…