Legal Opinion
City of Seattle v. Yeager
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided August 17, 1992No. 26034-1-IPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, J.
We granted discretionary review of a superior court decision affirming the convictions of Kenneth E. Yeager in Seattle Municipal Court of driving with a suspended license and with expired license tabs. We affirm, concluding that RCW 46.16.710-.760, as applied herein, violate neither the Fourth Amendment nor Const. art. 1, § 7.
The statute authorizes the stop of a vehicle for inquiry into the status of its operator's license to drive, based on a tab on the vehicle's license plate indicating that the owner of the car was previously cited for not having a valid driver's license. Yeager was…
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