STATE v. RANKIN

No. 72509-8.

92 P.3d 202 (2004)

151 Wash.2d 689

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. James Bruce RANKIN, Petitioner. State of Washington, Respondent, v. Kevin D. Staab, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided June 10, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Washington Appellate Project, Sharon Blackford, Seattle, Nielsen, Broman & Assoc., Eric Nielsen, Seattle, for Petitioner.

James Krider, Snohomish County Prosecutor, Seth Fine and Charles Blackman, Deputies, Everett, Norm Maleng, King County Prosecutor, Daniel Clerk, Deputy, Seattle, for Respondent.

Tom P. Conom, Edmonds, for Amicus Curiae, Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


ALEXANDER, C.J.

The principal issue we are asked to resolve in this consolidated case is this: whether a police officer violates article I, section 7 of the Washington Constitution when the officer requests identification from a passenger in a lawfully stopped vehicle but lacks an articulable suspicion that the passenger has engaged in criminal activity. The Court of Appeals concluded that although an officer in such a circumstance cannot demand identification...

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