State v. McKinney

Lonnie McKinney, Ralph M. Martin, and Randal D. Schroeder were each arrested following a series of events that began when police officers accessed information contained in their Department of Licensing (DOL) driver’s license records. Each moved for dismissal or suppression on the ground that the officers’ searches of DOL databases prior to arrest violated the privacy provisions of the state constitution. Their motions were denied. The defendants were convicted and they appealed. Their cases were consolidated for review and the Court of Appeals affirmed. State v. Martin, 106 Wn. App. 850, 25…