State v. Garvin

Supreme Court of Washington · Decided 2009-05-28

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Sanders, J. ¶1 — We are asked to determine whether a police officer exceeded the permissible scope of a stop-and-frisk search when he squeezed a man’s pants pocket until he discovered a small packet of methamphetamine. The Court of Appeals affirmed the man’s conviction for one count of possession of methamphetamine, holding the of *245 ficer did not exceed the scope of a la…

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