STATE v. BARRON

No. 29787-0-III.

285 P.3d 231 (2012)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Gabriela Yaserth BARRON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

September 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Patrick Hagarty , Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney, Yakima, WA, David Brian Trefry , Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, for Respondent.

David L. Donnan , Nancy P. Collins , Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.


SWEENEY, J.

¶ 1 A strip search requires probable cause to believe that evidence of a crime will be discovered and it requires approval of a police supervisor. Here, the search was supported only by the defendant's apparent nervousness. That is not enough. We reverse the conviction for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.

FACTS

¶ 2 Officer Thomas Orth of the Sunnyside Police Department responded to a report of an...

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