Legal Opinion

State v. Garvin

Washington Supreme Court

Decided May 28, 2009No. 80941-1PublishedCited by 171 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

207 P.3d 1266 (2009)

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Anthony Gaylord GARVIN, Petitioner.

No. 80941-1.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued February 12, 2009.

Decided May 28, 2009.

Casey Grannis, Nielsen Broman & Koch, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Kevin Gregory Eilmes, Yakima County Prosecutor's Office, Yakima, WA, for Respondent.

SANDERS, J.

¶ 1 We are asked to determine whether a police officer exceeded the permissible scope of a stop-and-frisk search when he squeezed a man's pants pocket until he discovered a small packet of methamphetamine. The Court of Appeals affirmed the man's…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Minnesota v. DickersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. State v. HillWashington Supreme Court · 1994

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3Cited by171 opinions

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