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STATE v. HATCHIE

No. 78889-8.

166 P.3d 698 (2007)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Raymond K. HATCHIE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 6, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn A. Russell Selk, Russell Selk Law Office, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Michelle Luna-Green, Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney, Tacoma, WA, for Respondent.

Douglas B. Klunder, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Civil Liberties.

SANDERS, J.

¶ 1 We are asked to determine if a misdemeanor arrest warrant gives police the "authority of law" to enter someone's home. WASH. CONST. art. I, § 7.1

¶ 2 The police entered Raymond Hatchie's house looking for Eric Schinnell. They had a misdemeanor arrest warrant for Schinnell and believed he lived in Hatchie's duplex. But Schinnell was merely a guest, not a resident. Before the police found Schinnell...

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