State v. Smith

Thompson, J.*

¶1 Law enforcement officers drew their guns and ordered occupants out of a car that had arrived at a residence where police were about to serve a search warrant. The officers had no reasonable articulable suspicion occupant Tana Loy Smith had committed or was about to commit a crime or that she was a threat to anyone’s safety. As a result of the detention, police found methamphetamine in the car. We conclude that the seizure violated Ms. Smith’s Fourth Amendment rights and reverse the trial court’s denial of her suppression motion and the conviction upon which the evidence is…