State v. Walker

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C. Johnson, J.

This case involves a constitutional challenge to RCW 10.31.100(1), which codifies and expands the common law rule allowing for warrantless misdemeanor arrests only when the misdemeanor occurs in the officer’s presence. The statute authorizes warrantless arrests in certain circumstances. In this case, the petitioner was arrested without a warrant for a misdemeanor involving the use of cannabis not occurring in the presence of the officer. In a search incident to the arrest, methamphetamine was discovered in the petitioner’s purse. Petitioner moved to suppress the…