STATE v. VILLELA

No. 96183-2.

450 P.3d 170 (2019)

STATE of Washington, Petitioner, v. Joel A. VILLELA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed October 17, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin James McCrae , Katharine W. Mathews , Grant County Prosecutor's Office, P.O. Box 37, 35 C Street NW, Ephrata, WA 98823-1685, for Petitioner.

Lila Jane Silverstein , Gregory Charles Link , Washington Appellate Project, 1511 3rd Avenue, Suite 610, Seattle, WA 98101-3647, for Respondent.

William H. Block , Attorney at Law, 3002 Cascadia Avenue S., Seattle, WA 98144-6214, Nancy Lynn Talner , Attorney at Law, 901 5th Avenue, Suite 630, Seattle, WA 98164-2086, for Amicus Curiae (American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Foundation).

William R. Maurer , Institute For Justice, 600 University Street, Suite 1730, Seattle, WA 98101-2925, for Amicus Curiae (Institute For Justice).

Teymur Gasanovich Askerov , Black Law PLLC, 705 2nd Avenue, Suite 1111, Seattle, WA 98104-1720, for Amicus Curiae (Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers).

Magda Rona Baker , Washington Defender Association, 110 Prefontaine Place S., Suite 610, Seattle, WA 98104-2626, for Amicus Curiae (Washington Defender Association).

Shelley Anne Williams , Attorney General Office, 800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98104-3188, for Amicus Curiae (Washington State Patrol).


¶1 Our state constitution protects our right to privacy. CONST. art. I, § 7. Under our constitution, the State and its agents may not disturb our "private affairs ... without authority of law." Id. "Authority of law" generally means a warrant issued by a neutral magistrate or a long-standing exception to the warrant...

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