STATE v. HORRACE

No. 69613-6.

28 P.3d 753 (2001)

144 Wash.2d 386

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Ronald J. HORRACE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided August 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Edward Doyle, Hansville, for Petitioner.

Jeremy Randolph, Lewis County Prosecutor, J. Andrew Toynbee, Deputy, Chehalis, for Respondent.


OWENS, J.

In this case we must decide whether a trooper's pat-down search of a vehicle passenger, following the arrest of the vehicle's driver, was constitutionally sound. The trooper's limited, protective search led to petitioner Ronald J. Horrace's arrest for possession of a concealed weapon. Pursuant to the heightened search incident to that arrest, Horrace was charged with possession of methamphetamine while armed. The...

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