State v. Massey

Rickey Massey appeals the sentencing court’s order, which required that he submit to searches by a community corrections officer as a condition to community placement, but which did not state that searches must be based on reasonable suspicion. We affirm but strongly urge that sentencing courts include the reasonableness standard in the community placement orders.

On October 28, 1994, Massey was charged with delivering cocaine in violation of RCW 69.5Q.401(a)(l)(i). Massey pleaded guilty by way of an Alford plea. On February 17, 1995, the court sentenced him to seven months, with credit given…