State v. Cook

During a traffic stop, passenger Gregory Cook opened a pack of cigarettes and a knotted piece of plastic containing methamphetamine fell out in full view of a police officer. Mr. Cook sought exclusion of the evidence as the fruit of an illegal seizure. He claimed he kept his identification card in the pack of cigarettes and opened the pack only because the police officer demanded his identification. The trial court denied the motion to suppress. On appeal Mr. Cook contends the Supreme Court’s recent opinion in State v. Parker, 139 Wn.2d 486, 987 P.2d 73 (1999), supports suppression of the…