Washington Supreme Court· 12/10/2009

State v. Harrington

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167 Wash. 2d 656

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‘When [the first officer] requested a frisk, the officers’ series of actions matured into a progressive intrusion substantial enough to seize Harrington.”
officer requested that defendant keep his hands out of his pockets and requested to frisk him while another officer arrived and stood by
arrival of second officer, requests that the defendant remove his hands from his pocket \to control\ his actions, and a request to frisk without articulable facts constituted \progressive intrusion\ culminating in seizure
explaining circumstances that convert a social contact into a seizure
absence of siren or overhead lights indicative of social contact
analyzing a series of events that \snowballed\ into a seizure

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Judges: Alexander, Chambers, Fairhurst, Johnson, Madsen, Owens, Sanders, Stephens

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