State v. Barron

¶1 strip search requires probable cause to believe that evidence of a crime will be discovered, and it requires approval of a police supervisor. Here, the search was supported only by the defendant’s apparent nervousness. That is not enough. We reverse the conviction for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.

FACTS

¶2 Officer Thomas Orth of the Sunnyside Police Department responded to a report of an assault with a knife on September 6, 2010. He arrived at the scene and found Gabriela Barron and three others standing in the front yard of a house. Ms. Barron was crying…