State v. Young

We are asked in this case to determine if a police action constituted a disturbance of a person’s private affairs without lawful authority under article I, section 7 of the Washington Constitution. We hold the test for a disturbance of a person’s private affairs under article I, section 7 is a purely objective one, looking to the actions of the law enforcement officer, thus rejecting the test for a seizure under the Fourth Amendment articulated by the United States Supreme Court in California v. Hodari D., 499 U.S. 621, 111 S. Ct. 1547, 113 L. Ed. 2d 690 (1991). Applying our objective test,…