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State v. Rife

Citations

  • 133 Wash. 2d 140

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that law enforcement had no statutory authority to run a warrant check after stopping someone for a routine traffic infraction without reaching the constitutional issues
  • \The [Washington] Legislature did not grant police officers authority to search for outstanding warrants upon making a stop for a traffic infraction.\
  • “The [Washington] Legislature did not grant police officers authority to search for outstanding warrants upon making a stop for a traffic infraction.”
  • suppressing evidence following unauthorized warrant check

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Judges: Guy, Madsen, Smith, Talmadge

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