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- Title: Washington V. Mierz
- Author : Supreme Court of Washington
- Release Date : January 24, 1995
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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TALMADGE, J. -- The present case arises out of John Paul Mierz's unlawful possession of two coyotes and his assault upon Department of Wildlife agents (Wildlife agents) who entered his yard without a warrant to seize the coyotes. On rather convoluted facts, we must decide a number of issues, but the most pressing is whether a person confronted with an allegedly unreasonable search or seizure may assault law enforcement officers and then rely on the exclusionary rule to foreclose admission of evidence pertaining to the assaultive behavior. Because exclusion of the evidence of violent behavior would only license attacks upon law enforcement officers preforming their duty, we uphold the Court of Appeals' decision affirming Mierz's convictions for assault and unlawful possession of wildlife.