State Of Washington, V. Zachery K. Meredith

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION ONE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) No. 81203-3-I ) Respondent, ) ) v. ) ) ZACHERY KYLE MEREDITH, ) PUBLISHED OPINION ) Appellant. ) ) VERELLEN, J. — Article 1, section 7 of the Washington constitution prohibits warrantless seizures, save for narrow exceptions. Consent is one well-established exception. By boarding a public bus and accepting transportation, Zachery Meredith consented to the conditions of ridership. Those conditions include paying bus fare and complying with a fare enforcement officer’s request for proof of payment. Even…