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STATE v. GAINES

Nos. 74793-8, 75718-6.

116 P.3d 993 (2005)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Devennice Antoine GAINES and Norman Leroy Gaines, Petitioners, Leandre Antoine Gaines, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 28, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver Ross Davis, Washington Appellate Project, Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Seattle, Devennice Gaines, Washington State Reformatory, Monroe, for Petitioners.

James Morrissey Whisman, King County Prosecutor's Office, Seattle, for Respondent.

Douglas B. Klunder, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties.

J.M. JOHNSON, J.

¶1 In these consolidated cases, petitioners Norman and Devennice Gaines claim that the trial court erred when it denied their motion to suppress an assault rifle and other evidence initially discovered during a warrantless search of a locked automobile trunk. However, the police subsequently obtained a search warrant for the vehicle, including the trunk, based on information independent from the initial, warrantless search. The evidence was seized...

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