By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The Seattle Times reports a state Supreme Court decision issued yesterday limits the scope of frisking by police to search someone for weapons in order to ensure officer safety.
News reporter Sara Jean Green writes the ruling focuses on warrantless searches of small containers, with the justices finding that such searches are generally unconstitutional.
The case involved the 2011 arrest of Tanner Zachary Roy Russell, stopped for riding his bicycle without a headlight, when a meth-filled syringe was found in a small container in his jacket, according to the Seattle Times.
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