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State v. Allen

Citations

  • 606 P.2d 1235
  • 93 Wash. 2d 170
  • 1980 Wash. LEXIS 1263

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that defendant had possession for automatic standing purposes of wallet on his person even though he denied any interest in it
  • finding that defendant had possession for automatic standing purposes of wallet on his person even though he denied any interest in it
  • “Assuming the legality of the frisk, the discovery of an unidentified ‘bulge’ in the course of the pat-down would entitle the officer to assure himself that it was not a weapon.”
  • since the evidence was found on defendant’s person and was to be used against him, there was no question that defendant had standing to contest the search

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Judges: Hicks

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