Legal Opinion
State v. Thompson
Washington Supreme Court
Decided July 3, 1980No. 46732PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtUtter, C.J.
We granted review of the Court of Appeals opinion, State v. Thompson, 24 Wn. App. 321, 601 P.2d 1284 (1979), to determine whether the detention of petitioner Mack Harris Thompson for identification and a warrant check conformed to the requirements of the Fourth Amendment. The stop violated the Fourth Amendment because a constitutionally adequate justification for the stop did not exist, and we reverse the conviction.
The facts are essentially undisputed. While patrolling on Interstate 5 about noon on April 22, 1977, a State Patrol trooper received a radio report that an occupant of a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Brown v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by51 opinions
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