STATE v. SAMALIA

No. 91532-6.

375 P.3d 1082 (2016)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Adrian Sutlej SAMALIA, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed July 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy P. Collins , Washington Appellate Project, 1511 3rd Avenue, Suite 701, Seattle, WA, 98101-3647, Counsel for Petitioner.

David Brian Trefry , Yakima County Prosecutors Office, P.O. Box 4846, Spokane, WA, 99220-0846, Joseph Anthony Brusic , Tamara Ann Hanlon , Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, 128 N 2nd St. Room 329, Yakima, WA, 98901-2621, Counsel for Respondent.

Arnold Reagan Jin , Jin Weis PLLC, 1752 NW Market St., P.O. Box 952, Seattle, WA, 98107-5264, Nancy Lynn Talner , Attorney at Law, 901 5th Avenue Suite 630, Seattle, WA, 98164-2008, Douglas B. Klunder , Attorney at Law, 6940 Parshall Pl. SW, Seattle, WA, 98136-1969, Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union.

Gretchen Eileen Verhoef , Spokane County Prosecutors Office, 1100 W Mallon Avenue, Spokane, WA, 99260-0270, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.


¶ 1 Petitioner Adrian Sutlej Samalia fled on foot from a stolen vehicle during a lawful traffic stop, leaving his cell phone behind in the vehicle. After Samalia successfully escaped, the police searched the cell phone without a warrant and made contact with one of the numbers stored in the cell phone. That contact led to Samalia...

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