STATE v. HOUVENER

No. 25332-5-III.

186 P.3d 370 (2008)

STATE of Washington, Appellant, v. Jacob Sterling HOUVENER, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

June 26, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron Bedirian, Prosecutor's Office, Colfax, WA, for Appellant.

Timothy Harold Esser, Libey Ensley Esser & Nelson, Pullman, WA, for Respondent.


SCHULTHEIS, C.J.

¶ 1 Jacob Sterling Houvener, a student at Washington State University, was charged with residential burglary. Relying on his Fourth Amendment presentation, the trial court suppressed the State's evidence.1 We conclude that the evidence was properly suppressed because it was unlawfully obtained by police when an officer conducted a building-wide search of the interior hallways of the dormitory without a warrant. We...

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