Washington Supreme Court Declines to Expand Scope of Attenuation Doctrine Under State Constitution and Reverses Murder Conviction Based on Unlawfully Seized

by Sam Rutherford

The Supreme Court of Washington clarified the scope of the attenuation doctrine under Article I, § 7 of the Washington Constitution, holding that the doctrine applies only when an event supersedes the original tainted police conduct to produce new evidence used in a warrant application but not when …