STATE v. CARNEY

No. 34147-6-II.

174 P.3d 142 (2007)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Roxanne Elaine CARNEY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

December 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Kinnie, Attorney at Law, Vancouver, WA, for Respondent.

Anne Mowry Cruser, Law Office of Anne Cruser, Vancouver, WA, for Appellant.


PUBLISHED OPINION

BRIDGEWATER, P.J.

¶ 1 Roxanne Elaine Carney appeals her conviction for possession of methamphetamine. We hold that an officer who seized Carney because she may have had information that would identify a reckless driver had no articulable suspicion that Carney had committed any criminal activity. Moreover, we note that the officer was not searching for weapons for his safety. Thus, the officer had no justification for checking for an...

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