[DOWNLOAD] "State V. Armenta" by Washington Supreme Court ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: State V. Armenta
- Author : Washington Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 24, 1997
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
Description
-- Petitioners Huberto Armenta and David Cruz obtained review of a decision of the Court of Appeals that reversed the superior court's dismissal of informations charging each of them with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. The issues before us are whether, under the facts found by the trial court at a suppression hearing, petitioners were detained in violation of their Fourth Amendment rights and, if so, whether that illegal detention vitiated the consent they gave to search their vehicle. We conclude that because petitioners' conduct did not present a reasonable and articulable suspicion that they were engaged in, or about to engage in, criminal activity, they were detained in violation of the Fourth Amendment. We further conclude that their consent to search was a product of this illegal detention. Consequently, we reverse the Court of Appeals and reinstate the order of the trial court dismissing the charges against petitioners.