STATE v. ARREOLA

No. 86610-4.

290 P.3d 983 (2012)

STATE of Washington, Petitioner, v. Gilberto Chacon ARREOLA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Decided December 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyson Robert Hill , Grant County Prosecutor's Office, Ephrata, WA, for Petitioner.

Susan Marie Gasch , Gasch Law Office, Spokane, WA, for Respondent.

Christina Nicole Dimock , United States Attorney's Office, Sarah A. Dunne , Nancy Lynn Talner , ACLU of Washington Foundation, Douglas B. Klunder , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for ACLU.

Pamela Beth Loginsky , Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, Olympia, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.

Shelley Anne Williams , Office of the Attorney General, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Washington State Patrol.

En Banc.


GONZÁLEZ, J.

¶ 1 The issue in this case is whether a traffic stop motivated primarily by an uncorroborated tip, but also independently motivated by a reasonable articulable suspicion of a traffic infraction, is unconstitutionally pretextual under article I, section 7 of the Washington State Constitution and State v. Ladson, 138 Wn.2d 343, 979 P.2d 833 (1999).

¶ 2 We...

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