STATE v. RUSSELL

No. 89253-9.

330 P.3d 151 (2014)

180 Wn.2d 860

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Tanner Zachary Roy RUSSELL, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jodi R. Backlund , Manek R. Mistry , Backlund & Mistry, Olympia, WA, for Petitioner.

Sara I. Beigh , Lewis County Prosecutors Office, Chehalis, WA, for Respondent.


OWENS, J.

¶ 1 In certain situations, a police officer may briefly frisk a person to search for weapons that might pose a risk to officer and bystander safety. When justified, these protective frisks do not violate the constitutional prohibition against unreasonable invasions of individual privacy. In this case, we are asked to further define the permissible scope of these protective frisks. An officer stopped Tanner Zachary Roy Russell for violating several minor...

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