Synopsis: Whether a police officer responding to a report of a possible intoxicated driver improperly stopped the driver on a pretext when he pulled the driver over for having an unlawfully modified muffler.
Docket No. 86610-4 (from Court of Appeals Division III Case No. 29164-2)
Petitioner: State of Washington
Respondent: Gilbert Chacon Arreola, alias: Gilberto Arreola Chacon
Briefs:
Argument: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 1:30pm
[Source: TVW, http://tvw.org]
Audio: Washington Supreme Court
Decision: Pending
Madsen
Johnson
Chambers
Owens
Fairhurst
Johnson
Stephens
Wiggins
Gonzalez
Opinion
Dissent
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