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State v. Baur

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three
May 22, 1997
86 Wn. App. 1021 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997)

Summary

offering a motorist a ride home is within the scope of the officer's "community caretaking function" and is a friendly, consensual encounter, not a Fourth Amendment "seizure"

Summary of this case from Disharoon v. State

Opinion

No. 15308-8-III.

May 22, 1997. UNREPORTED OPINION

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court for Benton County, No. 95-1-00181-9, Craig Matheson, J., entered November 9, 1995.


Affirmed by unpublished opinion per Brown, J., concurred in by Sweeney, C.J., and Kurtz, J.


Summaries of

State v. Baur

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three
May 22, 1997
86 Wn. App. 1021 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997)

offering a motorist a ride home is within the scope of the officer's "community caretaking function" and is a friendly, consensual encounter, not a Fourth Amendment "seizure"

Summary of this case from Disharoon v. State
Case details for

State v. Baur

Case Details

Full title:THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent , v. STEVEN ANTHONY BAUR, Appellant

Court:The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three

Date published: May 22, 1997

Citations

86 Wn. App. 1021 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997)
86 Wash. App. 1021

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