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STATE v. MORSE

No. 75915-4.

123 P.3d 832 (2005)

156 Wash.2d 1

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Robert James MORSE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Decided December 1, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan F. Wilk, Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, for Petitioner/Appellant.

Seth Aaron Fine, Thomas Marshal Curtis, Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office, Everett, for Appellee/Respondent.

En Banc.

CHAMBERS, J.

¶ 1 Under article I, section 7 of the Washington Constitution, warrantless searches are per se unreasonable. Exceptions to the warrant requirement are jealously and carefully drawn. Properly obtained, consent to a warrantless search is one of those carefully drawn exceptions. Although Robert James Morse was at home, police gained entry into his apartment by obtaining the consent of a houseguest who, with her husband, had been at Morse's apartment...

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