Washington v. Boot

SWEENEY, C.J.--Fourth Amendment rights are personal. State v. Jones, 68 Wash. App. 843, 847, 845 P.2d 1358, review denied, 122 Wash. 2d 1018, 863 P.2d 1352 (1993). They may be enforced "only at the instance of one whose own protection was infringed by the search and seizure."" State v. Simpson, 95 Wash. 2d 170, 174, 622 P.2d 1199 (1980) (quoting Rakas v. Illinois, 439 U.S. 128, 138, 99 S. Ct. 421, 58 L. Ed. 2d 387 (1978)). Kevin J. Boot was in the basement of a Spokane residence when two police officers entered to investigate a juvenile drinking party. Two juveniles told