State v. Samalia

UUpreme Court Clerk IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) ) Respondent, ) No. 91532-6 ) v. ) En Bane ) ADRIAN SUTLEJ SAMALIA, ) ) Filed JUl 2 8 2016 Petitioner. ) ) WIGGINS, J.-Petitioner Adrian Sutlej Samalia fled on foot from a stolen vehicle during a lawful traffic stop, leaving his cell phone behind in the vehicle. After Samalia successfully escaped, the police searched the cell phone without a warrant and made contact with one of the numbers stored in the cell phone. That contact led to Samalia's identification as the owner of the phone and driver of the…