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State v. Kern

Citations

  • 914 P.2d 114
  • 81 Wash. App. 308

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  • indicating that it is reasonable to delegate search of bank records to bank employees, even when police officer was not present during the search
  • indicating that it is reasonable to delegate search of bank records to bank employees, even when police officer was not present during the search
  • noting that “police officer[s] will not ordinarily perform a search of a bank’s records, indeed may not be qualified to do so,” and that “[w]here a warrant is issued for specific bank records, delegation of the search to bank employees is not improper”
  • upholding the search of bank records when the police officer, who was unqualified to search the records, allowed disinterested bank employees to conduct the search authorized by the warrant
  • search upheld where police officer unqualified to search bank records allowed disinterested bank employees to conduct warranted search for defendant’s records outside of police supervision
  • evidence not suppressed where officer dropped off warrant for bank records with bank employee, bank employees thereafter searched for the items listed in the warrant and mailed them to the officer

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Judges: Ellington

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