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    N THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
    STATE OF WASHINGTON,                       )
    )
    Respondent,                   )             No. 90598-3
    )
    v.                                         )               En Bane
    )
    MARK TRACY MECHAM,                         )
    )   Filed     JUN 1 :.~ 2016
    Petitioner.                   )
    )
    WIGGINS, J.-Officer Scott Campbell made a traffic stop of petitioner Mark
    Tracy Mecham and observed signs that Mecham might have been driving while
    intoxicated. Officer Campbell asked Mecham to perform field sobriety tests (FSTs),
    which would have involved Officer Campbell's observing Mecham's eye movements
    and ability to walk a straight line and stand on one leg. Mecham refused, and his
    refusal was used against him at trial. Mecham contends that his right to be free from
    unreasonable searches was violated when the State introduced evidence of his
    refusal to submit to the FSTs.    We hold that Mecham's rights were not violated
    because an FST is not a search under our state and federal constitutions and Mecham
    had no constitutional right to refuse to perform the FSTs. Accordingly, we affirm the
    Court of Appeals, but on different grounds.
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    FACTS
    I.   Factual history
    In 2011, Officer Campbell observed Mecham driving in King County. While at a
    stoplight, Officer Campbell ran a random license check on Mecham's vehicle and
    discovered an outstanding warrant. He then turned on his emergency lights, and
    Mecham pulled over by turning into a parking lot. The stop was purely for the
    outstanding warrant; Officer Campbell did not notice anything unsafe about the
    manner in which Mecham was driving.
    As Officer Campbell approached Mecham's vehicle, he noticed that Mecham
    had already begun to exit his vehicle. Officer Campbell instructed Mecham to remain
    seated and asked him for identification. After Mecham confirmed his identity, Officer
    Campbell ordered him from his vehicle, placed him in handcuffs, arrested him, and
    read him his Miranda 1 rights from a department issued card.
    Following arrest, Officer Campbell smelled intoxicants on Mecham's breath and
    noticed that Mecham's movements were sluggish and that his speech was slurred and
    repetitive. He also observed an open beer can with a straw behind the passenger seat
    of Mecham's vehicle. Believing that Mecham was intoxicated, Officer Campbell asked
    Mecham if he would consent to perform FSTs in order to determine whether he was,
    in fact, intoxicated.
    An FST is an officer's observations of a suspect driver's physical actions. The
    standard FST includes three components. First, in the horizontal gaze nystagmus test,
    1   Miranda v. Arizona, 
    384 U.S. 436
    , 
    86 S. Ct. 1602
    , 
    16 L. Ed. 2d 694
    (1966).
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    the suspect driver must follow a moving object with the eyes while the officer looks for
    involuntary eye movements. Second, in the walk-and-turn test, the suspect driver
    must take several heel-to-toe steps in a line. The third test requires the suspect driver
    to stand on one leg while counting out loud. These tests are specifically designed to
    provide statistically valid and reliable indications of a driver's blood alcohol content
    and "are usable only for a sobriety determination." Heinemann v. Whitman County,
    
    105 Wash. 2d 796
    , 808, 
    718 P.2d 789
    (1986); see also State v. Quaale, 
    182 Wash. 2d 191
    ,
    198, 
    340 P.3d 213
    (2014) (horizontal gaze nystagmus test "merely shows physical
    signs consistent With ingestion of intoxicants"); U.S. Dep't of Transp., Nat' I Highway
    Traffic Safety Admin., Development of a Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST)
    Training Management System 1-12 (Nov. 2001)       (DOT~HS-809-400).
    Officer Campbell told Mecham that the FSTs were voluntary, and Mecham
    declined to perform the test.
    Officer Campbell then transported Mecham to a King County booking facility to
    process him on the outstanding warrant. At the booking facility, Mecham spoke with
    an attorney. Officer Campbell then asked Mecham to submit to a breath tesU This
    time Mecham was informed that while he had the right to refuse, his license would be
    revoked or suspended and that his refusal could be used against him in a criminal
    trial. Mecham signed a form stating that he understood the consequences of refusing
    to submit to a breath test. Officer Campbell repeated that the breath test was voluntary
    2The State introduced evidence and argued that Mecham refused to submit to a breath
    analysis. Breath analysis is governed by Washington's implied consent statute, RCW
    46.20.308.
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    and asked Mecham      wheth~r   he would agree to take the breath test. Mecham
    responded that his attorney advised him not to answer any further questions. Officer
    Campbell asked Mecham a second and third time to take the breath test, and Mecham
    refused based on his attorney's advice.
    Following this exchange, Officer Campbell spoke with Officer Darrell Moore, a
    drug recognition expert. With Officer Moore's help, Officer Campbell drafted an
    application for-and received-a search warrant authorizing a blood draw to test
    Mecham's blood alcohol content (BAC). Officer Campbell transported Mecham to
    Overlake Hospital, and the blood draw was completed just short of three hours after
    Mecham's initial arrest. A forensic toxicologist analyzed the blood and reported that
    Mecham's BAC was .05 grams per 100 milliliters (g/1 00 ml). This toxicologist testified
    that given the passage of time and the rate at which alcohol is metabolized, Mecham's
    BAC was likely .065 g/1 00 ml within two hours after he stopped driving and possibly
    as high as .08 g/1 00 mi. The State charged Mecham with one count of felony driving
    under the influence (DUI).
    II.   Procedural history
    At trial, Mecham stipulated that Officer Campbell made a lawful stop and a
    lawful arrest. He also stipulated that at the time of his arrest, he had previously been
    convicted of 4 or more prior offenses within 10 years, making this a felony DUI. RCW
    46.61.5055(14 )(a).
    Mecham made several motions to exclude his refusal to perform an FST from
    evidence. The trial court denied these motions, ruling that even if an FST was a
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    search, the search was supported by probable cause. The trial court also rejected
    defense counsel's proposed jury instruction that read:
    Evidence has been submitted that Mr. Mecham refused to
    participate in voluntary field sobriety tests. This was admitted.to explain
    the chain of events in this case.
    Every person suspected of driving under the influence has the
    right to refuse voluntary field sobriety tests. This evidence was admitted
    to explain the chain of events in this case. You may not consider this
    evidence for any other purpose. You shall[ 3l use the fact Mr. Mecham
    refused to participate in voluntary field sobriety tests to infer guilt or to
    prejudice him in any way. Any discussion of the evidence during your
    deliberation must be consistent with this instruction.
    The State elicited testimony throughout the trial that Mecham refused to
    perform an FST.           It relied on this evidence in its closing argument, arguing that
    Mecham refused to take tl1e tests because he was guilty and because he was trying
    to frustrate the investigation. The jury found Mecham guilty of felony DUI.
    Mecham timely appealed, asserting that an FST constitutes an unreasonable
    search under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I,
    section 7 of the Washington Constitution. As a result, he argues, the State improperly
    penalized him for exercising his constitutional right to refuse consent to an FST by
    commenting on his refusal at trial. The Court of Appeals, Division One, affirmed his
    conviction. State    v.   Mecham, 
    181 Wash. App. 932
    , 954, 
    331 P.3d 80
    , review granted,
    .
    181 Wash. 2d 1014
    , 
    337 P.3d 325
    (2014). In a unanimous published opinion, the Court
    of Appeals rejected his argument, assuming arguendo that an FST was a search but
    3 It appears the word "not" may have been inadvertently omitted in this sentence (i.e., "You
    shall [not] use the fact Mr. Mecham refused to participate in voluntary field sobriety tests to
    infer guilt or to prejudice him in any way.").
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    holding that Officer Campbell's request for Mecham to perform the FST was justified
    under the Terri stop exception to the warrant requirement. 5 /d. The court further held
    that the State did not impermissibly comment on Mecham's refusal because Mecham
    did not have a constitutional right to refuse the test. /d. at 946.
    The Court of Appeals denied Mecham's motion for reconsideration but withdrew
    its decision and modified its opinion in ways that are unrelated to his appeal. Mecham
    filed a petition for review, and the State cross appealed pursuant to RAP 13.7(b),
    arguing that we should consider alternative arguments for affirmance that the Court
    of Appeals did not address. We granted both Mecham's petition for review and the
    State's request to review alternative issues for affirmance.
    ANALYSIS
    The basic issue before us is whether the State may introduce evidence at trial
    of a defendant's refusal to perform an FST. We conclude that the State may offer
    evidence of such a refusal because FSTs are not searches under the Washington or
    federal constitutions, and a defendant thus has no constitutional right to refuse to
    perform FSTs.
    4 Terry v. Ohio, 
    392 U.S. 1
    , 9, 
    88 S. Ct. 1868
    , 
    20 L. Ed. 2d 889
    (1968). Washington courts
    recognize the Terry stop exception under article I, section 7 of the Washington Constitution.
    State v. Setterstrom, 
    163 Wash. 2d 621
    ,626, 
    183 P.3d 1075
    (2008).
    5 The  Court of Appeals also rejected Mecham's argument that the "to convict" instruction given
    at his felony DUI trial violated his constitutional right to a jury trial and that the certification of
    mailing on the license revocation order constitutes testimonial hearsay, the admission of
    which violated his constitutional right to confront the witnesses against him. Mecham, 181
    Wn. App. at ~48, 952. Mecham did not pursue these issues in this court.
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    There is no legal obligation in Washington to submit to FSTs. City of Seattle v.
    Stalsbroten, 
    138 Wash. 2d 227
    , 237, 
    978 P.2d 1-059
    (1999) (citing City of Seattle v.
    Personeus, 
    63 Wash. App. 461
    , 465, 
    819 P.2d 821
    (1991 )). Instead, a defendant's right
    to refuse to participate in an FST is rooted in the common law. 6 However, the absence
    of a statutory right of refusal has no effect on the admissibility of refusal testimony in
    the context of FSTs-the admissibility rests on whether constitutional privileges apply.
    /d. at 236-37.
    Prosecutors may not comment on a refusal to waive a constitutional right. See
    Schneckloth v. Bustamante, 
    412 U.S. 218
    , 228, 
    93 S. Ct. 2041
    , 
    36 L. Ed. 2d 854
    (1973) (consent to waive a constitutional right may not be coerced, either explicitly or
    implicitly); United States v. Prescott, 
    581 F.2d 1343
    , 1351 (9th Cir. 1978) (evidence of
    defendant's refusal to consent to warrantless search violates Fourth Amendment and
    article I, section 7); State v. Jones, 
    168 Wash. 2d 713
    , 725, 
    230 P.3d 576
    (2010)
    (prosecutor's comment on refusal to provide a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) sample
    and exercise of right to remain silent violate Fifth and Fourth Amendment rights (U.S.
    CONST. amends. IV, V)). However, the State may admit evidence that a defendant is
    asserting a nonconstitutional right as evidence of consciousness of guilt at trial. State
    v. Nordlund, 
    113 Wash. App. 171
    , 188,
    53 P.3d 520
    (2002).
    6 This contrasts with the implied consent statute for breath analysis. RCW 46.20.308. Under
    that statute, suspect drivers are told that they retain an absolute statutory right to refuse to
    submit to the breath test. RCW 46.20.308(2). However, refusal to submit to the test triggers
    a series of penalties: drivers are informed that their license will be revoked or suspended, and
    they are informed that their refusal may be used against them in a criminal trial. RCW
    46.20.308(2)(C;l)-(b ).
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    Since the State cannot comment on a defendant's refusal to waive a
    constitutional right, the dispositive issue is whether a defendant has a constitutional
    right to refuse to perform an FST. This is a question of first impression for this court,?
    Both Washington's constitution and the federal constitution bestow a right to be free
    from unlawful' searches and seizures. WASH CONST. art. I, § 7; U.S. CONST. amend.
    IV. Mecham argues that FSTs are searches subject to these constitutional provisions
    because they reveal private information that is not voluntarily exposed to the public
    view. We reject this argument because FSTs reveal only some physical characteristics
    associated with inebriation, none of which is substantially different from the
    characteristics a person would observe from simple observation of the defendant.
    These characteristics are not analogous to the types of information that we have
    previously accorded protection under article I, section 7. We therefore hold that while
    a field sobriety test is a seizure, it is not a search either under article I, section 7 of the
    Washington Constitution or under the Fourth Amendment to the United States
    Constitution.
    Since Mecham's refusal to perform an FST was not an exercise of a
    constitutional right, the trial court properly permitted the prosecutor to introduce
    evidence of the defendant's refusal at trial and comment on that refusal during closing
    argument.
    7 We previously suggested that the seizure incident to an FST was lawful under Terry.
    
    Heinemann, 105 Wash. 2d at 809
    . Though Heinemann held that "the seizure and questioning
    were reasonable under the Fourth Amendment and [Wash.] Const. art. I,§ 7," 
    id., we did
    not
    provide any analysis for this holding. Additionally, the opinion did not consider whether an
    FST could also involve a search.
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    I.   Standard of review
    We review constitutional issues de novo. State      v.   Gresham, 
    173 Wash. 2d 405
    ,
    419, 
    269 P.3d 207
    (2012). When a trial court denies a motion to suppress, we also.
    review that court's conclusions of law de novo. State v. Winterstein, 
    167 Wash. 2d 620
    ,
    628, 
    220 P.3d 1226
    (2009).
    II.      A field sobriety test is a seizure
    A person is "seized" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment and his
    private affairs disturbed under article I, section 7 "'only when, by means of physical
    force or a show of authority, his freedom of movement is restrained .... There is a
    "seizure" when, in view of all the circumstances surrounding the incident, a
    reasonable person would have believed that he was not free to leave."' State                 v.
    Young, 
    135 Wash. 2d 498
    , 510, 
    957 P.2d 681
    (1998) (alteration in original) (quoting State
    v.    Stroud, 
    30 Wash. App. 392
    , 394-95, 
    634 P.2d 316
    (1981 )).
    As set forth in Terry, a traffic stop is a seizure for the purposes of constitutional
    analysis-it is analogous to a brief investigative detention and must be based on
    reasonable suspicion. State       v.   Ladson, 
    138 Wash. 2d 343
    , 350, 
    979 P.2d 833
    (1999). An
    officer has the authority to conduct a brief, investigative detention that is reasonably
    related to the purposes of the stop provided that the amount of physical intrusion and
    the length of time a detainee is stopped are limited. State        v.   Wheeler, 
    108 Wash. 2d 230
    ,
    235, 
    737 P.2d 1005
    (1987). The length of this Terry stop may change: officers may
    reasonably extend the length of the stop if their suspicions are either confirmed or
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    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    further aroused. 8 State v. Acrey, 
    148 Wash. 2d 738
    , 747, 
    64 P.3d 594
    (2003). Terry stops
    must be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. United States         v. Mendenhall, 
    446 U.S. 544
    , 561, 
    100 S. Ct. 1870
    , 
    64 L. Ed. 2d 497
    (1980) (Powell, J., concurring).
    There is no question that the initial traffic stop was supported by reasonable
    suspicion; Officer Campbell stopped Mecham in order to investigate an outstanding
    warrant. However, an FST encompasses not only the initial seizure when the vehicle
    is stopped, but also the additional seizure during administration of the test itself: when
    an officer administers an FST, the suspect driver is not free to return to the vehicle
    and drive away. This additional seizure implicates article I, section 7 and must itself
    be supported by authority of law.
    Officer Campbell's request that Mecham perform an FST was a constitutional
    seizure under Terry. Mecham's conduct during this traffic stop gave rise to Officer
    Campbell's reasonable suspicion that Mecham was driving under the influence.
    Officer Campbell smelled intoxicants on Mecham's breath and noticed that Mecham's
    movements were sluggish and that his speech was slurred and repetitive. Officer
    Campbell also observed an open beer can with a straw behind the passenger's seat
    of Mecham's vehicle. These factors, taken together, provided Officer Campbell with
    reasonable suspicion that Mecham was intoxicated. Officer Campbell's request that
    Mecham perform FSTs was supported by his reasonable suspicion that Mecham was
    driving a vehicle while intoxicated. However, here the lawful Terry stop transformed
    8This does not give officers the opportunity to pursue a separate criminal investigation for
    which they do not have reasonable suspicion. Rodriguez v. United States, 575 U.S. _ , 
    135 S. Ct. 1609
    , 1616-17, 
    191 L. Ed. 2d 492
    (2015).
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    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    into an actual arrest. Terry does not guide our analysis of the investigatory procedures
    taken postarrest.
    The issue before us is whether Officer Campbell's arrest somehow terminated
    his lawful authority to administer an FST to Mecham. Mecham does not challenge the
    lawfulness of his seizure, and we have long recognized the propriety of a seizure to
    perform an FST. See 
    Heinemann, 105 Wash. 2d at 809
    (seizure and questioning in FSTs
    permissible under Fourth Amendment and article I, section 7). Numerous other states
    hold that an FST is a lawful seizure when the officer
    ,,  has a reasonable suspicion that
    an individual is driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol and the detention is
    limited in scope and duration to assessing a driver's intoxication. See, e.g., State v.
    Wyatt, 
    67 Haw. 293
    , 305, 
    687 P.2d 544
    (1984) (FSTs are seizures, not searches,
    despite officer's direction for defendant to execute a physical routine for the purpose
    of gathering evidence of criminal activity); State v. Bernokeits, 
    423 N.J. Super. 365
    ,
    374, 
    32 A.3d 1152
    (2011) (FST is a reasonable seizure); State v. Little, 
    468 A.2d 615
    ,
    617-18 (Me. 1983) (same). Recognizing that authority of law authorized the FST
    prearrest, we hold that Campbell had authority of law for the FST postarrest.
    One of the dissents concludes that "the vast majority of courts that have
    addressed the issue" conclude that an FST is a search, citing 16 cases in a footnote
    and concluding that "11 treat an FST as a search for purposes of the Fourth
    Amendment analysis adopted in Terry . ... " Dissent at 1-2 & n.1 (Gordon McCloud,
    J.) (citations omitted). The dissent neglects to mention, however, that only 2 of the
    cited cases assert that probable cause must support an FST. See State v. Nagel, 
    320 Or. 24
    , 31-35, 
    880 P.2d 451
    (1994 ); People v. Carlson, 
    677 P.2d 310
    , 316-17 (Colo.
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    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    1984). One of the cases cited for the proposition that an FST is a search, in fact, holds
    that an FST is not a search at all. See Galimba   v. Municipality of Anchorage, 
    19 P.3d 609
    , 612 (Alaska Ct. App. 2001) ("[W]hile breath tests are generally considered
    searches for constitutional purposes, typical field sobriety tests, including the HGN,
    are not. Our discussions in McCormick, Grier, and Ramo v. Anchorage confirm that,
    in Alaska, police do not need probable cause sufficient for an arrest before requesting
    typical field sobriety tests." (emphasis added) (footnote omitted)). Another case cited,
    State v. Golden, never once mentions the word "search" and instead analyzes FSTs
    as lawful seizures. See 
    171 Ga. App. 27
    , 30, 
    318 S.E.2d 693
    (1984). The remaining
    cases conclude that an FST is a search, but break from Washington law by permitting
    a "search" on less than probable cause. See, e.g., State     v. Lamme, 
    19 Conn. App. 594
    , 600-01, 
    563 A.2d 1372
    (1989) (rejecting probable cause standard and holding
    that roadside sobriety tests may be justified by reasonable suspicion), aff'd, 
    216 Conn. 172
    (1990); State   v. Royer, 
    276 Neb. 173
    , 179, 
    753 N.W.2d 333
    (2008) (field sobriety
    test is a reasonable search).
    We agree with the states holding that an FST is a lawful seizure and reject the
    analysis of states permitting a "reasonable search" on less than probable cause.
    Accord State v. Morse, 
    156 Wash. 2d 1
    , 9, 
    123 P.3d 832
    (2005) (article I, section 7 is
    unconcerned with the reasonableness of the search); see also Missouri        v. McNeely,
    _U.S._, 
    133 S. Ct. 1552
    , 1565, 
    185 L. Ed. 2d 696
    (2013) ('"No one can seriously
    dispute the magnitude of the drunken driving problem or the States' interest in
    eradicating it.' ... But the general importance of the government's interest in this area
    does not justify departing from the warrant requirement" (quoting Mich. Dep't of State
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    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    Police v. Sitz, 
    496 U.S. 444
    , 451, 
    110 S. Ct. 2481
    , 
    110 L. Ed. 2d 412
    (1990))). We hold
    that an FST constitutes a seizure, but that the seizure is lawful when supported by a
    reasonable suspicion of driving under the influence.
    Ill.     A field sobriety test is not a search under article I, section 7
    Having concluded that an FST is a seizure, we turn to whether an FST is a
    search under article I, section 7 of the Washington Constitution or the Fourth
    Amendment to the United States Constitution. This is a question of first impression for
    this court, and there are no Washington cases on point.
    In the absence of controlling case law, we ask first whether FSTs invade
    constitutionally protected privacy interests. We then examine prior cases to determine
    if FSTs invade the privacy interests at issue in those cases.
    A. General expectations of privacy
    "No person shall be disturbed in his private affairs, or his home invaded, without
    authority of law." WASH. CONST. art. I,§ 7. Article I, section 7 encompasses the privacy
    expectations protected by the Fourth Amendment and in some cases may provide
    greater protection than the Fourth Amendment because its protections are not
    confined to the subjective privacy expectations of citizens. State v. Myrick, 
    102 Wash. 2d 506
    , 510-11, 
    688 P.2d 151
    (1984). Under article I, section 7, "a search occurs when
    the government disturbs 'those privacy interests which citizens of this state have held,
    and should be entitled to hold, safe from government trespass absent a warrant."'
    State v. Hinton, 
    179 Wash. 2d 862
    , 868, 
    319 P.3d 9
    (2014) (emphasis added) (quoting
    
    Myrick, 102 Wash. 2d at 511
    ). In determining whether a privacy interest exists, the court
    considers both the historical protection afforded to the interest asserted and "the
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    nature and extent of the information which may be obtained as a result of the
    governmental conduct." State v. Miles, 
    160 Wash. 2d 236
    , 244, 
    156 P.3d 864
    (2007). We
    also
    .   consider laws supporting the interest asserted, including statutes and. analogous
    case law. State v. Athan, 
    160 Wash. 2d 354
    , 366, 
    158 P.3d 27
    (2007). Finally, we look to
    the reasonableness of the interest asserted. !d. (voluntary exposure to the public can
    negate an asserted privacy interest); State v. Day, 
    161 Wash. 2d 889
    , 894, 
    168 P.3d 1265
    (2007) (evidence in open or plain view will not be excluded).
    As discussed above, FSTs require a detainee to perform three activities:
    visually follow a moving object while the officer looks for involuntary eye movements,
    walk heel to toe in a line, and stand on one leg while counting out loud. None of these
    activities is private in nature. Indeed, they are all physical characteristics that any
    observer might see upon casual observation of a person under the influence of drugs
    or alcohol. FSTs thus do not invade a person's reasonable expectations of privacy.
    B. No search or seizure of any object, document, or electronic data
    In assessing whether an FST is a search, we consider three factors: the
    historical protection afforded to the interest asserted, the nature and extent of the
    information revealed, and analogous case law. 
    McKinney, 148 Wash. 2d at 27-29
    . A field
    sobriety test is not a search in the classic sense: an FST is not a search of a person
    or place for a physical object such as contraband or other physical evidence. No
    documents, books, or papers are seized in an FST. Although not dispositive, the
    absence of a tangible seizure distinguishes FSTs from many traditional searches.
    FSTs also do not reveal information analogous to private electronic information
    such as cell phone records or pen registers. Ct. 
    Hinton, 179 Wash. 2d at 869
    (text
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    messages reveal "a 'wealth of detail about [a person's] familial, political, professional,
    religious, and sexual associations."' (alteration in original) (quoting United States v.
    Jones,_ U.S._, 
    132 S. Ct. 945
    , 955, 181 L. Ed. 2d 9'11 (2012) (Sotomayor, J.,
    concurring)); State v. Gunwa/1, 
    106 Wash. 2d 54
    , 69, 
    720 P.2d 808
    (1986) (article I,
    section 7 protects privacy interests implicated in telephone records and pen registers).
    Instead, FSTs are an officer's observations of a suspect driver's actions that are
    designed to assist an officer in observing physical characteristics associated with
    inebriation. Such observations do not reveal anything like the sensitive information
    contained in a person's electronic communication records.
    C. Publicly observable physical characteristics
    The information revealed from FSTs is not significantly different from the
    information that is revealed from ordinary observation of a suspect driver's demeanor
    and gait. We have never considered these physical observations to constitute a
    search under the Fourth Amendment or under article I, section 7. Individuals do not
    have a privacy interest in physical characteristics that are regularly exposed to the
    public. See 
    Athan, 160 Wash. 2d at 374
    (citing United States v. Mara, 
    410 U.S. 19
    , 21,
    
    93 S. Ct. 774
    , 
    35 L. Ed. 2d 99
    (1973)); see also Justice Charles W. Johnson & Justice
    Debra L. Stephens, Survey of Washington Search and Seizure Law: 2013 Update, 36
    SEATTLE U. L. REV. 1581, 1596 (2013) (no privacy interest attaches to one's
    personality, appearance, or behavior). 9
    9 A than and the cases relied on in the Survey of Washington Search and Seizure Law: 2013
    Update analyze this issue under .the Fourth Amendment rather than conducting an
    independent analysis under article I, section 7. Regardless, Mecham does not challenge this
    15
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    The fact that some of these physical observations are made because an FST
    requires a suspect driver to move according to a prescribed physical routine does not
    transform the officer's observations into a search. We have long recognized that
    officers may direct an individual's movement or activities to obtain information about
    their physical characteristics pursuant to a lawful seizure. Indeed, officers in
    Washington may lawfully seize individuals and require them to participate in showups
    or lineups, provided the amount of physical intrusion and the length of time a detainee
    is stopped are limited. 
    Wheeler, 108 Wash. 2d at 235-37
    (showup permissible seizure
    where officers seized individual matching description of person suspected of
    residential burglary, handcuffed him, placed him in a patrol car, and transported him
    to be identified by a witness); see also State v. Dolesha/1, 
    53 Wash. App. 69
    , 72, 
    765 P.2d 344
    (1988) (where suspect was already properly under arrest for separate
    offense, police may require the suspect to appear in lineup "for unrelated crimes for
    which there rnay not be probable cause to arrest").
    Detainees may also be required to provide handwriting samples or voice
    exemplars; none of these activities are searches despite the fact that they are
    obtained as the result of activity that is compelled by an investigating officer. See State
    v.   Collins, 
    152 Wash. App. 429
    , 439-40, 
    216 P.3d 463
    (2009) (directive to provide a voice
    sample does not infringe on a privacy interest (citing United States      v.   Dionisio, 41 
    0 U.S. 1
    , 14, 
    93 S. Ct. 764
    , 
    35 L. Ed. 2d 67
    (1973))); 
    Mara, 410 U.S. at 21-22
    (directive
    general proposition under either the Fourth Amendment or under article I, section 7. He
    instead asserts that FST tests reveal additional hidden information that, like DNA or a
    urinalysis, is not regularly exposed to the public.
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    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    to produce handwriting sample does not infringe on privacy interest). During a lawful
    seizure-such as a traffic stop-officers have the authority to order suspects to
    produce identification, to step out of and away from their vehicles, and to perform
    other limited movements. See, e.g., State v. O'Neill, 
    148 Wash. 2d 564
    , 582, 
    62 P.3d 489
    (2003) (during seizure, officer may require driver to exit vehicle "'regardless of whether
    the driver is suspected of being armed or dangerous or whether the offense under
    investigation is a serious one"' (quoting Justice Charles W. Johnson, Survey of
    Washington Search and Seizure Law: 1998 Update, 22 SEATTLE U. L. REV. 337, 461
    (1998))). Each of these orders enables the officer to observe the suspect's
    psychological condition and physical capabilities that they may not have exposed to
    the public without the officer's direction-producing identification may even provide
    the officer with probable cause to arrest a suspect of a crime. But none of these
    activities are searches.
    D. Privacy interest in bodily fluids and internal bodily functions
    Field sobriety tests are also distinguishable from activities that infringe on one's
    privacy interest in one's internal bodily functions. An FST does not invade or penetrate
    an individual's bodily integrity as does a blood draw or a breath test. Nor are the tests
    as intrusive as the collection of urine, historically a private activity performed without
    public observation. See Skinner v. Ry. Labor Execs. Ass'n, 
    489 U.S. 602
    , 617, 109 S.
    Ct. 1402, 
    103 L. Ed. 2d 639
    (1989). FSTs merely involve watching, walking, standing,
    and speaking.
    Individuals have a constitutionally protected interest in the privacy of their
    internal bodily functions and fluids. York v. Wahkiakum Sch. Dist. No. 200, 
    163 Wash. 2d 17
    State   v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    297, 308, 
    178 P.3d 995
    (2008). We have held that the State infringes on this interest
    when it takes someone's blood, DNA, urine, or breath. See, e.g., State v. Garcia-
    Salgado, 
    170 Wash. 2d 176
    , 184, 
    240 P.3d 153
    (201 0) (DNA, blood, and breath tests are
    searches); 
    York, 163 Wash. 2d at 308
    (urinalysis); Robinson v. City of Seattle, 102 Wn.
    App. 795, 819-22, 
    10 P.3d 452
    (2000) (urinalysis). These activities infringe on a
    person's privacy interests on multiple levels: the physical intrusion associated with
    drawing blood and urine or of extracting "deep lung" breath intrudes on an individual's
    privacy; and the chemical analysis associated with these tests provide a wealth of
    private medical information that,· as the United States Supreme Court has held,
    infringes on the reasonable expectations of privacy. 
    Skinner, 489 U.S. at 616-17
    .
    Mecham analogizes the FST to DNA testing or to a urinalysis and argues that
    field sobriety testing is a search because it is a test designed to "increase the amount
    and kind of observable information." 10 He acknowledges that information about
    balance and coordination may be readily accessible to the public but asserts the field
    sobriety testing elicits additional information about a suspect driver's medical
    conditions, psychological condition, and physical capabilities "that [the] defendant
    would not have exposed to the public without the officer's direction." 
    Nagel, 320 Or. at 31
    . But the information revealed by FSTs does not differ significantly from the
    information that is revealed from ordinary observation of a suspect driver's demeanor
    10 Mecham's argument relies heavily on the reasoning of the supreme courts of Oregon and
    Colorado, each holding that an FST is a search. See 
    Nagel, 320 Or. at 31
    -36; People v.
    Carlson, 
    677 P.2d 310
    , 316-1"1 (Colo. 1984). We find no support for concluding that FSTs are
    searches in the language of article I, section 7 or in our prior cases and respectfully disagree
    with the Supreme Courts of Oregon and Colorado.
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    State   v.   Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    and gait. Furthermore, as discussed in Section III.D ofthis 
    opinion, supra
    , the fact that
    these characteristics are observed as the result of compelled action means that they
    .                                 .
    are performed pursuant to seizure-but it does not transform the activity into a search.
    Field sobriety tests also provide far less private medical information than that
    revealed by the chemical testing of blood or urine. These tests are short in duration
    and limited in purpose. FSTs "are usable only for a sobriety determination."
    
    Heinemann, 105 Wash. 2d at 808
    ; see also 
    Athan, 160 Wash. 2d at 367-68
    (finding no
    privacy interest in DNA evidence when evidence was used solely for the purpose of
    identification, despite the fact that DNA can potentially reveal personal, medical
    information). We acknowledge that an officer may also make incidental observations
    about the suspect's physical capabilities, psychological condition, or education. Again,
    this information is substantially similar to information already available to the officer
    during the normal course of a lawful investigation. An investigating officer is already
    able to draw inferences about an individual's physical abilities, coordination,
    education, and other inferences through observation and questioning associated with
    a seizure. That these observations are made as the result of a prescribed routine does
    not transform the activity to a search.
    E. Devices enhancing sensory perception
    Nor are FSTs analogous to the use of technology that enhances officers'
    sensory perception, such as infrared imaging or vehicle-tracking devices.
    We recognize that law enforcement's use of sensory enhancing devices to
    enhance their observation of suspect's activities implicates article I, section 7. See
    State v. Young, 
    123 Wash. 2d 173
    , 183-84, 
    867 P.2d 593
    (1994) (use of infrared to detect
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    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    heat signatures associated with marijuana grow operation is a search); State v.
    Jackson, 
    150 Wash. 2d 251
    , 261-64, 
    76 P.3d 217
    (2003) (GPS (global positioning
    system) attached to a car to monitor movement is a search). However, not all
    technology or techniques used to augment an officer's unaided observation of a
    suspect transforms that observation into a search. Officers may use flashlights or
    binoculars, and may even conduct aerial flyovers of a suspect's property to aid their
    observation without infringing on a suspect's article I, section 7 rights. See, e.g.,
    
    Myrick, 102 Wash. 2d at 514
    (aerial surveillance is not a search). In determining what
    constitutes a search, we consider whether the technology is generally available to the
    public as well as theamount of information revealed by the use of that technology.
    See, e.g., 
    Jackson, 150 Wash. 2d at 262
    (noting GPS tracking can "reveal preferences,
    alignments, associations, personal ails and foibles" of the driver based on the
    locations visited).
    To the extent that an FST is analogous to any investigative device, the test is
    probably most similar to a limited canine sniff for contraband. See State   v.   Hartzell,
    
    156 Wash. App. 918
    , 929-30, 
    237 P.3d 928
    (201 0) (canine sniff outside of car window is
    not a search because suspects have no reasonable expectation of privacy in air
    outside a car window). Like a canine sniff, an FST reveals only a limited amount of
    information-and the information an FST reveals pertains only to the physical
    characteristics that any member of the public could perceive by simply observing the
    suspect's demeanor and gait. We therefore reject the analogy to the use of sensory
    enhancing devices.
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    F. FSTs are not searches under article I, section 7
    We hold that a field sobriety test is a seizure but not a search under article I,
    section 7 of the Washington Constitution. FSTs merely require an officer to examine
    the eyes, the speech, and the ability of a suspect driver to execute a prescribed
    routine. The information revealed from this procedure is not analogous to the types of
    information that we have previously afforded protection under article I, section 7.
    These tests are not a physical search, nor are they analogous to a search of a tangible
    object such as a person's garbage. The information revealed and the level of intrusion
    are distinct from the taking of bodily fluids, and FSTs do not reveal information
    analogous to private electronic information such as cell phone records or pen
    registers. Instead, a field sobriety test is a limited intrusion that reveals some physical
    characteristics associated with inebriation. This information is revealed during the
    officer's investigation pursuant to a seizure; an FST is a seizure but it is not a search
    under article I, section 7. 11
    Justice Gordon McCloud's dissent ignores this rich body of case law we have
    developed when considering seizures of objects, documents, electronic data, publicly
    observable physical characteristics, bodily fluids, internal bodily functions, and
    devices enhancing sensory perception. See 
    Athan, 160 Wash. 2d at 366
    ("In determining
    if an interest constitutes a 'private affair,' we look at the historical treatment of the
    interest being asserted, analogous case law, and statutes and laws supporting the
    11 Because we hold that a field sobriety test is not a search we do not consider the State's
    alternative argument in its answer to petition for review that the FST was lawful pursuant to
    an exception to the warrant requirement.
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    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    interest asserted."). As a result, this dissent departs from prior precedent and relies
    instead on a manual for training police officers for the theory that certain organic
    injuries or conditions can result in symptoms similar to those disclosed by an FST,
    which constitutes an invasion of privacy. Dissent at 3-4 (Gordon McCloud, J.). But we
    rejected a similar argument in Athan; when the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
    argued that an envelope should not have been tested for DNA without a warrant
    because DNA can reveal private information, we held, "While this may be true in some
    circumstances, the State's use of Athan's DNA here was narrowly limited to
    identification purposes .... The State used the sample for identification purposes only,
    not for purposes that raise the concerns advanced by the ACLU." 
    Athan, 160 Wash. 2d at 368
    . The failure of the dissent even to acknowledge these prior decisions supports
    our conclusion that an FST is not a "private affair" under article I, section 7.
    IV.    Fourth Amendment analysis
    Having concluded that an FST is not a search under article I, section 7, we must
    also analyze whether the test is a search under the Fourth Amendment. To determine
    whether a search has taken place under the Fourth Amendment we consider whether
    the defendant possessed a "reasonable expectation of privacy." Katz       v. United States,
    
    389 U.S. 347
    , 360, 
    88 S. Ct. 507
    , 
    19 L. Ed. 2d 576
    (1967) (Harlan, J., concurring). A
    search also occurs whenever "'the Government obtains information by physically
    intruding' on persons." Florida v. Jardines, _U.S._, 
    133 S. Ct. 1409
    , 1414, 185 L.
    Ed. 2d 495 (2013) (quoting 
    Jones, 132 S. Ct. at 950
    n.3).
    The parties do not distinguish their Fourth Amendment arguments from their
    arguments under article I, section 7. We therefore hold that field sobriety testing is not
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    a search under the Fourth Amendment for the same reasons that it is not a search
    under article I, section 7: the test reveals only a series of physical characteristics
    associated with inebriation. These observations are not substantially different from
    simple, unaided observation of a defendant.
    V.    Refusal testimony
    Mecham argues that the State may not comment on his decision not to consent
    to a field sobriety test. Washington citizens enjoy the right to refuse consent to a
    warrantless search without penalty; comments during trial on the exercise of that right
    violate the Fourth Amendment and article I, section 7. See 
    Jones, 168 Wash. 2d at 725
    ;
    State v. Gauthier, 
    174 Wash. App. 257
    , 267, 
    298 P.3d 126
    (2013); see also 
    Prescott, 581 F.2d at 1351
    . However, the State may introduce evidence that the defendant is
    asserting a nonconstitutional right as evidence of consciousness of guilt at trial. See
    
    Nordlund, 113 Wash. App. at 188
    ; see also Neville v. South Dakota, 
    459 U.S. 553
    , 565,
    
    103 S. Ct. 916
    , 
    74 L. Ed. 2d 748
    (1983); 
    Stalsbroten, 138 Wash. 2d at 235-37
    (using
    evidence of refusal to take a blood alcohol test permissible because "there is no
    constitutional right not to take the test"). Because we hold that Mecham did not have
    a constitutional right to refuse the FSTs, we also hold that the State did not violate his
    constitutional rights when it presented evidence against him at trial of his refusal to
    consent.
    VI.   Response to dissenting opinions
    This case has spawned a partial concurrence and two dissenting opinions,
    each on different and incompatible grounds.
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    The partial concurrence agrees that an FST is a seizure and not a search.
    Partial concurrence at 1. The opinion further agrees that an FST is a permissible
    seizure under Terry when the officer has a reasonable suspicion of impaired driving.
    /d. However, the partial concurrence goes on to conclude that the State no longer has
    authority of law to conduct an FST following an arrest because the justifications for
    investigating a crime evaporate when a suspect is arrested for a separate crime. See
    
    id. at 3-4.
    The partial concurrence bases this conclusion on the theory that continued
    investigations under Terry must be related to justification for the initial seizure, and
    once a suspect is under arrest for an unrelated crime, an FST's only purpose is to
    gather evidence of a crime-thus transforming the FST into a search. /d. Accordingly,
    reasons the opinion, once Mecham was arrested and safely detained, Officer
    Campbell could no longer perform an FST. ld at 4.
    The reasoning of the partial concurrence misapprehends the scope of a Terry
    stop, which allows for the detection and prevention of crime, as the Terry court
    explained. One government interest in Terry stops is "effective crime prevention and
    detection; it is this interest which underlies the recognition that a police officer may in
    appropriate circumstances and in an appropriate manner approach a person for
    purposes of investigating possibly criminal behavior even though there is no probable
    cause to make an arrest." 
    Terry, 392 U.S. at 22
    . After Officer Campbell arrested and
    detained Mecham, he was legally authorized under the principles of Terry to continue
    his investigation of Mecham's intoxication.
    The partial concurrence leads to the ironic result that a police officer can ask a
    citizen encountered on the street to submit to an FST but cannot ask an arrested
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    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    suspect to submit to an FST. To the contrary, after arresting a suspect, the police are
    authorized to investigate crimes for which their suspicion is aroused and preserve
    evidence. Cf. State v. Byrd, 
    178 Wash. 2d 611
    , 618, 
    310 P.3d 793
    (2013) (custodial arrest
    provides "authority of law" under article I, section 7 to search arrestee because arrest
    "always implicate[s] Chimefl1 21 concerns for officer safety and evidence preservation"
    (emphasis added)). Indeed, we have recognized that officers can continue to compel
    individuals to engage in activities that are otherwise recognized as seizures following
    arrest for unrelated crimes without infringing on their privacy interests. For example,
    "[c]ompelling a person to appear in a physical lineup constitutes a "seizure" regulated
    by the Fourth Amendment." In reArmed Robbery, 
    99 Wash. 2d 106
    , 108-09, 
    659 P.2d 1092
    (1983). Police may require a suspect already under arrest for one crime to
    appear in a lineup for unrelated crimes without infringing on the suspect's privacy
    interests. 
    Dolesha/1, 53 Wash. App. at 72
    ; accord People         v.   Hodge, 
    186 Colo. 189
    , 
    526 P.2d 309
    (1974); People      v.   Hall, 
    396 Mich. 650
    , 
    242 N.W.2d 377
    (1976).
    Finally, the partial concurrence is contrary to Mecham's own argument.
    Mecham acknowledges that he was under arrest, and he does not challenge the
    lawfulness of the seizure. His briefing properly recognizes that Terry separately
    authorizes "a brief investigative detention and a frisk for weapons that may harm the
    officer"-he argues only that neither Terry nor any other exception to the warrant
    requirement authorized an evidentiary search. Suppl. Br. of Pet'r at 19-20. However,
    an FST is not an evidentiary search; it is a "brief investigative detention"-also known
    12   Chime/ v. California, 
    395 U.S. 752
    , 
    89 S. Ct. 2034
    , 
    23 L. Ed. 2d 685
    (1969).
    25
    State   v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    as a "Terry investigative stop"-that "allows an officer to briefly stop and detain a
    person without a warrant when the officer reasonably suspects that the person is
    engaged in criminal conduct." 13 State     v.   Doughty, 
    170 Wash. 2d 57
    , 67, 
    239 P.3d 573
    (201 0) (Fairhurst, J., dissenting) (footnote omitted). Campbell's authority for this
    investigation did not disappear upon Mecham's arrest.
    Justice Gordon McCloud's dissent argues that an FST is a search, a position
    adopted by neither the partial concurrence nor the other dissent. See discussion supra
    pp. 12-13. We thoroughly address and reject this argument in Part Ill of this 
    opinion, supra
    .
    The second dissent relies on an argument not adopted by either the other
    dissent or the partial concurrence-that the State may never use evidence of a refusal
    to consent to a police officer's request when the officer tells the suspect driver that
    consent is voluntary but fails to tell the driver that refusal may be used as evidence of
    consciousness of guilt. Dissent (Johnson, J.) at 1. This dissent explicitly grounds its
    argument in policy, arguing fairness and notions of justice. However, the United States
    Supreme Court has rejected this argument, holding that FSTs do not implicate the
    Fifth Amendment. See 
    Neville, 459 U.S. at 565
    ("[W]e do not think it fundamentally
    unfair for South Dakota to use the refusal to take the [FST] as evidence of guilt, even
    though respondent was not specifically warned that his refusal could be used against
    him at trial."); see also 
    Stalsbroten, 138 Wash. 2d at 235-36
    . Though this dissent does
    13 Officers conducting a lawful brief investigative detention may not search an individual based
    merely on their reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. Under Terry, officers may conduct a
    limited frisk for weapons only if the officer has a reasonable concern for danger and the search
    is limited in scope to finding weapons. 
    Setterstrom, 163 Wash. 2d at 626
    .
    26
    State   v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    not address these cases, which were acknowledged and briefed by the parties, we
    agree with their reasoning and hold in part V of this 
    opinion, supra
    , that the State is
    prohibited only from presenting evidence that the defendant refused to waive a
    constitutional right. Accord 
    Nordlund, 113 Wash. App. at 188
    .
    For these reasons, we decline to adopt the reasoning of the partial concurrence
    or the two dissents.
    CONCLUSION
    We hold that a field sobriety test is a seizure that may be justified under the
    doctrine of Terry. Therefore, Mecham did not have a constitutional right to refuse the
    FSTs and the trial court properly admitted evidence of Mecham's refusal as evidence
    of consciousness of guilt against him at trial. We also hold that an FST is not a search
    under our state and federal constitutions and therefore need not consider the State's
    request to decide alternative issues that were brought up on appeal but not addressed
    below.
    We affirm the Court of Appeals but depart from its reasoning for the reasons
    expressed in this opinion.
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    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    WE CONCUR.
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    28
    State v. Mecham, No. 90598-3
    (Fairhurst, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)
    No. 90598-3
    FAIRHURST, J. (concurring in part and dissenting in part)-I agree with the
    lead opinion that field sobriety tests (FSTs) as they are normally used-either (1)
    following a traffic stop based on evidence of impaired driving or (2) following a stop
    for an unrelated offense where the officer immediately discovers signs of
    impairment but the suspect is not yet under arrest-are seizures that may be justified
    under Terry. 1 However, the manner in which Officer Scott Campbell utilized the
    FSTs in the present case exceeded the constraints imposed by Terry and our
    interpretation of Terry, and amounted to a search for evidence that required a warrant
    or a warrant exception. This being so, Mark Tracy Mecham had a constitutional right
    to refuse to submit to the FSTs, and the State should have been precluded from
    offering evidence of the refusal against him at trial.
    Under Terry, a law enforcement officer may briefly detain a suspect based on
    a reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot. See State v. Duncan, 
    146 Wash. 2d 166
    , 172, 43 P .3d 513 (2002) ("Terry requires a reasonable, articulable suspicion,
    1
    Terry v. Ohio, 
    392 U.S. 1
    , 
    88 S. Ct. 1868
    , 
    20 L. Ed. 2d 889
    (1968).
    1
    State v. Mecham, No. 90598-3
    (Fairhurst, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)
    based on specific, objective facts, that the person seized has committed or is about
    to commit a crime." (emphasis omitted) (citing 
    Terry, 392 U.S. at 21
    )). "[A] traffic
    stop is a 'seizure' for the purpose of constitutional analysis, no matter how brief."
    State v. Ladson, 
    138 Wash. 2d 343
    , 350, 
    979 P.2d 833
    (1999) (citing Delaware v.
    Prouse, 440 U.S. 648,653,99 S. Ct. 1391, 
    59 L. Ed. 2d 660
    (1979); Whren v. United
    States, 
    517 U.S. 806
    , 809-10, 
    116 S. Ct. 1769
    , 
    135 L. Ed. 2d 89
    (1996); City of
    Seattle v. Mesiani, 
    110 Wash. 2d 454
    , 460, 
    755 P.2d 775
    (1988) (Dolliver, J.,
    concurring)). We have extended Terry to traffic infractions "'due to the law
    enforcement exigency created by the ready mobility of vehicles and governmental
    interests in ensuring safe travel, as evidenced in the broad regulation of most forms
    of transportation."' State v. Day, 
    161 Wash. 2d 889
    , 897, 
    168 P.3d 1265
    (2007)
    (quoting State v. Johnson, 
    128 Wash. 2d 431
    , 454, 
    909 P.2d 293
    (1996)). However,
    traffic stops under Terry are "permissible only if ( 1) 'the officer's action was
    justified at its inception,' and (2) 'it was reasonably related in scope to the
    circumstances which justified the interference in the first place."' Ladson, 
    13 8 Wash. 2d at 350
    (quoting 
    Terry, 392 U.S. at 20
    ). A law enforcement officer may extend
    a Terry stop to continue investigating a potential crime if the officer's suspicions are
    either confirmed or further aroused. See State v. Acrey, 
    148 Wash. 2d 738
    , 747, 
    64 P.3d 594
    (2003).
    2
    State v. Mecham, No. 90598-3
    (Fairhurst, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)
    I disagree with the lead opinion that under the facts of this case, the FSTs were
    merely a seizure. I arrive at this conclusion because the reasonable suspicion needed
    to justify an officer's continued investigation under Terry must arise at the inception
    of the contact and the continued seizure must be tied to the justification underlying
    that initial contact. See 
    Ladson, 138 Wash. 2d at 350
    ; Florida v. Royer, 
    460 U.S. 491
    ,
    500, 103 S. Ct. 1319,75 L. Ed. 2d 229 (1983) ("The scope ofthe detention must be
    carefully tailored to its underlying justification.").
    In the present case, the Terry stop was not "carefully tailored to its underlying
    justification" because justification for the initial seizure (the outstanding warrant)
    was wholly unrelated to the justification for the FSTs. More importantly, Officer
    Campbell did not discover the justification for the FSTs until after Mecham was
    already under formal arrest, a point the lead opinion acknowledges but does not
    address. See lead opinion at 2 ("Following arrest, Officer Campbell smelled
    intoxicants on Mecham's breath and noticed that Mecham's movements were
    sluggish and that his speech was slurred and repetitive." (emphasis added)). Thus,
    the Terry analysis, if applicable at all, must begin anew at the time the officer formed
    his suspicion that Mecham was intoxicated. Even here, under normal circumstances,
    I believe there would be sufficient facts to justify an extension of the traffic stop
    under Terry. However, the situation presents a unique problem because Mecham
    3
    State v. Mecham, No. 90598-3
    (Fairhurst, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)
    was formally arrested for a different offense both when the officer formed his
    suspicion that Mecham was driving impaired as well as when the officer requested
    that Mecham perform the FSTs.
    We have been clear that "Terry does not authorize a search for evidence of a
    crime." 
    Day, 161 Wash. 2d at 895
    . Therefore, while Terry could have been used to
    extend the traffic stop in order to confirm or dispel Officer Campbell's suspicions
    after the traffic stop but prior to arrest, Terry is simply inapplicable following arrest.
    I can find no authority that justifies expanding Terry from a '"brief investigative
    detention"' to a doctrine that permits law enforcement to redetain someone who has
    already been arrested for an unrelated offense. Lead opinion at 26 (quoting Suppl.
    Br. ofPet'r at 19). Officer Campbell's sole purpose in seeking to compel Mecham
    to perform FSTs, postarrest, was to gather evidence of Mecham's guilt for driving
    under the influence. This being so, under both the Fourth Amendment to the United
    States Constitution and article I, section 7 to the Washington Constitution, Officer
    Campbell needed a warrant, or an exception to the warrant requirement, in order to
    compel Mecham to perform the FSTs. See 
    Ladson, 138 Wash. 2d at 347-51
    . Because
    Officer Campbell had neither, Mecham had a constitutional right to refuse the search
    for evidence and the State should have been precluded from introducing evidence of
    the refusal at trial.
    4
    State v. Mecham, No. 90598-3
    (Fairhurst, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)
    Terry operates as one of only a few '"jealously and carefully drawn"'
    exceptions to the warrant requirement. See 
    id. at 349
    (internal quotation marks
    omitted) (quoting State v. Houser, 
    95 Wash. 2d 143
    , 149, 
    622 P.2d 1218
    (1980)).
    Although I agree with the lead opinion that under different circumstances FSTs
    constitute only a seizure, we should refrain from expanding the brief investigative
    Terry stop to cover individuals already under formal arrest for unrelated offenses.
    Accordingly, I concur in part and dissent in part.
    5
    State v. Mecham, No. 90598-3
    (Fairhurst, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part)
    6
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy)
    No. 90598-3
    JOHNSON, J. (dissenting)--The lead opinion overcomplicates and confuses
    the issue this case presents. In doing so, the lead opinion loses track of the
    fundamental nature of what this case concerns--that is, a citizen's right to choose
    to do something or not. The officer here requested that the defendant perform
    specific voluntary actions, which the defendant chose not to do. For the principles
    of voluntariness or consent to have any meaning, the only conclusion flowing from
    this choice is simply that-a choice was made. No evidentiary relevance should
    flow from this choice. The conviction should be reversed and the case remanded
    for a new trial. 1
    The lead opinion goes offtrack by relying mostly, if not exclusively, on
    cases challenging the admissibility of evidence of field sobriety tests (FSTs) where
    the tests were performed and the results were admitted as substantive evidence of
    guilt. The evidence was challenged on appeal. The essence of the reasoning of
    ---------
    1
    Whether exercise of the right to choose is characterized as· a privacy right, a due process
    right, or, as here-where the officer expressly tells the defendant the field sobriety tests are
    consensual---a fundamental fairness issue, the basic underlying principle is the same: that is, absent
    governmental authority to intrude, a person has a fundamental right to choose to be left alone.
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    (Johnson, J., dissenting) .
    these cases is that, since the 'tests are voluntary, when a person consents to
    performing the tests, he or she is bound to that choice, good or bad. Moreover, no
    logical or legal sense exists for those cases to even analyze consent and uphold the
    admissibility of eyidence at trial outside the context of a "search." Those cases
    have little, if any, relevance here except the recognition that a person possesses the
    right to choose and that when valid consent to a search exists, the results are
    admissible.
    Underscoring the consensual nature of this request is, unlike the statutory
    requirement established under our implied consent statutes and laws here, where an
    officer asks a person to perform the FSTs, no warnings, statutory or otherwise, are
    required advising the person of the consequences of refusal. Perhaps the statute
    could be revised to include FSTs and consequences of refusal, but the legislature
    has not acted to do so. That should logically mean that a person retains the
    fundamental right to choose. 2
    2  One of the more significant strains of the right of privacy concerns the right of an
    individual to make personal decisions about his or her life free from government control. The
    right to choose flows from respect for personal dignity and allows an individual to define his or
    her own life. See Olmstead v. United States, 
    277 U.S. 438
    , 478, 
    48 S. Ct. 564
    , 
    72 L. Ed. 944
    (1928) (Brandeis, J., dissenting) ("[The makers of our Constitution] conferred, as against the
    [g]overnment, the right to be let alone-the most comprehensive of rights and the right most
    valued by civilized men.").
    2
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    (Johnson, J., dissenting)
    Remarkably, and without citing any relevant case authority, the lead opinion
    concludes this evidence is admissible to establish consciousness of guilt, 3 which is
    what was argued by the State at trial. The lead opinion cites State v. Nordlund, 
    113 Wash. App. 171
    , 188, 
    53 P.3d 520
    (2002), for this principle. But Nordlund involved
    a defendant's refusal to supply hair samples required by a valid court order.
    What the lead opinion fails to acknowledge is that implicit in Nordlund,
    absent the authority of the court order, a person retains the right to choose to
    refuse. This principle was correctly recognized and analyzed by the court in State
    v. Gauthier, 
    174 Wash. App. 257
    , 
    298 P.3d 126
    (2013), where the court reversed a
    conviction in which the prosecutor had improperly used at trial evidence that the
    defendant had refused consent to a warrantless search of his DNA
    (deoxyribonucleic acid). The exercise of the right to choose is not consciousness of
    guilt--the only consciousness the cases establish is a person made the conscious
    decision to choose.
    Finally, the lead opinion erroneously reasons that the defendant's interests
    emanate from the common law, not constitutional principles, and are therefore not
    protected from comment or use against the defendant at trial. This conclusion,
    which seems to be at the core of the lead opinion's analysis, makes no sense from
    3
    The original application of the "consciousness of guilt" doctrine was narrowly applied to
    the idea of flight from circumstances. See Alberty v. United States, 
    162 U.S. 499
    , 
    16 S. Ct. 864
    , 
    40 L. Ed. 1051
    (1896).
    3
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    (Johnson, J., dissenting).
    an overall constitutional perspective. It should make no difference whether a
    principle is recognized as a privacy interest under article I, section 7 of the
    Washington Constitution, 4 a right of an accused under article I, section 9, 5 or more
    generally under article I, section 30 or article I, section 32, 6 or elsewhere under the
    common law, the principles and protections remain.
    Especially important to cases like this one are facts such as that Mark Mecham
    was already under arrest and the officer was not engaging in a casual conversation
    concerning sports or the weather but was asking Mecham to voluntarily perform
    "tests'j specifically designed and intended to elicit incriminating evidence. Under
    these circumstances, the choice in exercising the right to refuse consent should be
    recognized and protected. Fundamental principles of fairness arise where an officer
    misleads a person into making a choice only to result in the choice being used against
    them.
    The constitution and the rights and principles are not foreign or divorced from
    the common law, as the lead opinion evidently believes. The constitution reflects
    and is founded on basic rights in existence at its adoption from the common law. The
    4
    "No person shall be disturbed in his private affairs, or his home invaded, without
    authority of law."
    5
    "No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to give evidence against himself, or
    be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense."
    6
    "A frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is essential to the security of individual
    right and the perpetuity of free government."
    4
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    (Johnson, J., dissenting)
    conviction should be reversed and the matter remanded for a new trial.
    5
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    (Gordon McCloud, J., Dissenting)
    No. 90598-3
    GORDON McCLOUD, J. (dissenting)-! agree with the lead opinion that a
    field sobriety test (PST) is a seizure, under article I, section 7 of the Washington
    Constitution, to the extent that "when an officer administers an PST, the suspect
    driver is not free to return to the vehicle and drive away." Lead opinion at 9-10
    (citing State v. Young, 
    135 Wash. 2d 498
    , 510,
    957 P.2d 681
    (1998)). And I agree that
    a warrantless PST must therefore be predicated, in the first instance, on an officer's
    reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot. Lead Opinion at 10; State v.
    Gatewood, 
    163 Wash. 2d 534
    , 539, 
    182 P.3d 426
    (2008) ('"Terry [v. Ohio, 
    392 U.S. 1
    ,
    
    88 S. Ct. 1868
    ,
    20 L. Ed. 2d 889
    (1968),] requires a reasonable, articulable suspicion,
    based on specific, objective facts, that the person seized has committed or is about
    to commit a crime."' (emphasis in original) (quoting State v. Duncan, 
    146 Wash. 2d 166
    , 172,43 P.3d 513 (2002))).
    But I disagree with the lead opinion's conclusion that an PST is not a search
    under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution or under article I,
    1
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    (Gordon McCloud, J., Dissenting)
    section 7 of the Washington Constitution. Like the vast majority of courts that have
    addressed the issue, I conclude that an FST is a search for purposes of constitutional
    analysis. 1
    1
    I am aware of 17 cases that squarely address the question of whether police officers
    may compel a subject to submit to an PST absent a warrant or probable cause. State v.
    Royer, 
    276 Neb. 173
    , 179, 
    753 N.W.2d 333
    (2008); Galimba v. Mun. of Anchorage, 
    19 P.3d 609
    ,612 (Alaska Ct. App. 2001); People v. Rizzo, 
    243 Mich. App. 151
    , 161,622 N.W.
    2d 319 (2000); State v. Ferreira, 
    133 Idaho 474
    , 480, 
    988 P.2d 700
    (1999); Commonwealth
    v. Blais, 
    428 Mass. 294
    , 
    701 N.E.2d 314
    (1998); Hulse v. State, 
    289 Mont. 1
    , 19-20, 
    961 P.2d 75
    (1998); State v. Taylor, 
    648 So. 2d 701
    (Fla. 1995); State v. Nagel, 
    320 Or. 24
    , 34-
    37, 
    880 P.2d 451
    (1994); State v. Lamme, 
    19 Conn. App. 594
    , 600, 
    563 A.2d 1372
    (1989),
    ajf'd, 
    216 Conn. 172
    , 
    579 A.2d 484
    (1990); State v. Gray, 
    150 Vt. 184
    , 190-91, 
    522 A.2d 1190
    (1988); Dixon v. State, 
    103 Nev. 272
    , 273-74, 
    737 P.2d 1162
    (1987); State v. Superior
    Court, 
    149 Ariz. 269
    , 274, 
    718 P.2d 171
    (1986); State v. Stevens, 
    394 N.W.2d 388
    , 391
    (Iowa 1986); State v. Golden, 
    171 Ga. App. 27
    , 30, 
    318 S.E.2d 693
    (1984); People v.
    Carlson, 
    677 P.2d 310
    , 316-17 (Colo. 1984); State v. Wyatt, 
    67 Haw. 293
    , 304-05, 
    687 P.2d 544
    (1984); State v. Little, 
    468 A.2d 615
    (Me. 1983). Of these 16, 11 treat an PST as
    a search for purposes of the Fourth Amendment analysis adopted in 
    Terry, 392 U.S. at 30
    -
    31: 
    Royer, 276 Neb. at 179
    ; 
    Galimba, 19 P.3d at 612
    ; 
    Rizzo, 243 Mich. App. at 161
    ;
    
    Ferreira, 133 Idaho at 480
    ; Blais, 
    428 Mass. 294
    ; 
    Hulse, 289 Mont. at 19-20
    ; 
    Nagel, 320 Or. at 34-37
    ; Lamme, 
    19 Conn. App. 594
    ; 
    Dixon, 103 Nev. at 273-74
    ; Superior 
    Court, 149 Ariz. at 274
    ; 
    Golden, 171 Ga. App. at 30
    ; and 
    Carlson, 677 P.2d at 316-17
    . The lead
    opinion points out that only 2 of these cases (Nagel and Carlson) hold that an PST must be
    supported by probable cause. Lead opinion at 12. That is true, but it is irrelevant to the
    question of whether an PST is a search for purposes of the Terry analysis. Under Terry,
    searches may proceed on less than probable cause, but they are nonetheless limited in ways
    that mere seizures are not. See Section II.A. below. The lead opinion also asserts that one
    of the cases cited above-
    Galimba, 19 P.3d at 612
    -expressly holds that FSTs are not
    searches for purposes of the Terry analysis. Lead opinion at 12. I disagree. 
    Galimba, 19 P.3d at 612
    ("assuming (without deciding) that field sobriety tests are a form of a Terry
    search[;] the tests in this case were justified"). Finally, the lead opinion asserts that another
    case-
    Golden, 171 Ga. App. at 30
    -treats FSTs as seizures because it "never once
    mentions the word 'search."' Lead opinion at 12. But the court in Golden upheld the PST
    under Terry only because the PST was justified by "the enormous danger to the public
    created by the presence of drunk drivers on the 
    roadways." 171 Ga. App. at 30
    . Danger
    to the public is irrelevant under Terry unless the intrusion at issue is a search. See Section
    II.A. below. Thus, the Golden court treated FSTs as searches.
    2
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    (Gordon McCloud, J., Dissenting)
    Having reached that conclusion, I next address whether such a search is
    constitutionally permissible. The answer depends on the facts: if such an PST search
    is reasonable to protect officer or public safety, then it is constitutionally permissible
    under Terry, but if such an PST search does not further any legitimate, immediate
    safety need, then it is constitutionally impermissible under Terry. In this case,
    Mecham was already handcuffed, removed from his car, and placed under arrest for
    a separate and unrelated crime before the FSTs were requested. Thus, officer and
    public safety were fully protected at that point; the FSTs would have served only an
    evidence-gathering purpose, not the safety purpose of getting a potentially
    dangerous driver off the road. Because the State has not shown that the Terry safety
    exception or any other exceptions to the warrant requirement applied in this case, I
    dissent.
    I.     A Field Sobriety Test Is a Search under Both the Fourth Amendment to
    the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 7 of the
    Washington Constitution
    As the lead opinion correctly observes, a search occurs for purposes of article
    I, section 7 "when the government disturbs 'those privacy interests which citizens of
    this state have held, and should be entitled to hold, safe from governmental trespass
    absent a warrant."'     State v. Hinton, 
    179 Wash. 2d 862
    , 868, 
    319 P.3d 9
    (2014)
    (emphasis omitted) (quoting State v. Myrick, 
    102 Wash. 2d 506
    , 511, 
    688 P.2d 151
    3
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    (Gordon McCloud, J., Dissenting)
    (1984)). The lead opinion holds that FSTs are not searches under this standard
    because they reveal only "physical characteristics that any observer might see upon
    casual observation of a person under the influence of drugs or alcohol." Lead
    opinion at 14.
    I disagree. An FST can reveal information about a person's body and medical
    history that are unquestionably private in nature.       According to the National
    Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in addition to possible
    inebriation, FSTs can reveal a head injury, neurological disorder, brain tumors or
    damage, and some inner ear diseases.        Int'l Ass'n of Chiefs of Police & NHTSA,
    DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, March 2013 Edition,
    Participant Guide at 13, 16, www.wsp.wa.gov/breathtest/docs/dre/manuals/SFST_
    basic'-dwidetect/2013/student_mar_2013_SFSTbasic.pdf [https://perma.cc./H9HR-
    A78U]. These conditions are not necessarily observable in the subject's normal
    public behavior; they may well be revealed only by the special maneuvers the subject
    is directed to perform during the FST. Indeed, if an FST did not reveal information
    beyond what is readily observable by the general public, there would be no need to
    administer it in the first place. I therefore conclude that FSTs are searches under
    article I, section 7 of our state constitution.
    4
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    (Gordon McCloud, J., Dissenting)
    I also conclude that FSTs are searches under the Fourth Amendment to the
    United States Constitution. In addition to revealing sensitive personal information,
    an FST is at least as "annoying" and publicly "humiliating" as the limited frisk for
    weapons at issue in 
    Terry. 392 U.S. at 24-25
    ("Even a limited search of the outer
    clothing for weapons constitutes a severe, though brief, intrusion upon cherished
    personal security, and it must surely be an annoying, frightening, and perhaps
    humiliating experience.")        These aspects of the Terry frisk-as much as any
    potential for a pat down to reveal sensitive personal information-were crucial to
    the Court's decision that the Fourth Amendment limits officer conduct during an
    investigative detention. !d. at 16-17. And they led the Court to "emphatically reject"
    the argument that a Terry frisk is not a "'search' ... within the meaning of the
    Constitution":
    [I]t is simply fantastic to urge that [a pat down] performed in public by
    a policeman while the citizen stands helpless, perhaps facing a wall
    with his hands raised, is a "petty indignity." It is a serious intrusion
    upon the sanctity of the person, which may inflict great indignity and
    arouse strong resentment, and it is not to be undertaken lightly.
    Jd. (footnotes omitted).
    Field sobriety tests implicate similar concerns. 2 Accordingly, they should
    trigger similar constitutional protections.
    2   See 
    Carlson, 677 P.2d at 317
    ("Indeed, in some respects, roadside sobriety testing
    might be considered more invasive of privacy interests than chemical testing. The latter is
    5
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    (Gordon McCloud, J., Dissenting)
    II.    In this Case, No Exception to the Warrant Requirement Justified the
    Officer's Request That Mecham Submit to a Field Sobriety Test
    Because an PST is a search, for purposes of constitutional analysis, Mecham
    had an absolute constitutional right to refuse to perform any FSTs unless an
    exception to the warrant requirement applied. See lead opinion at 8 (if defendant
    has a constitutional right to refuse participation in an PST, then State may not admit
    refusal evidence at trial). In this case, the State argues that two different exceptions
    applied. First, it argues that the warrantless FSTs were a Terry stop; second, it argues
    that the warrantless FSTs were a search incident to arrest. Given the peculiar facts
    of this particular case, both arguments fail.
    A. The warrantless field sobriety test in this case was not permissible
    as a Terry search
    In the context of a Terry stop-an investigative detention predicated on
    reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot-the Fourth Amendment permits
    only a "limited search" of the suspect's "outer clothing" for weapons. 
    Terry, 392 U.S. at 30
    -31. This search is not necessarily permitted in every Terry stop; instead,
    an officer may conduct this "limited search" only ifhe or she has a "reasonable fear"
    usually performed in the relatively obscure setting of a station house or hospital, while
    roadside sobriety testing will often take place on or near a public street with the suspect
    exposed to the full view of motorists, pedestrians, or anyone else who happens to be in the
    area.''); see also 
    Nagel, 320 Or. at 34-35
    ("the tests require defendant to perform certain
    maneuvers that are not regularly performed in public" (emphasis added)).
    6
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    (Gordon McCloud, J., Dissenting)
    that the suspect is armed and dangerous. !d. An officer may not conduct a Terry
    search for purely evidentiary purposes-that is strictly barred by the Fourth
    Amendment. I d.
    While the search approved in Terry was a pat down of the suspect's "outer
    clothing," 
    id., the United
    States Supreme Court has since defined permissible Terry
    searches more abstractly as "protective search[es] ... 'limited to that which is
    necessary for the discovery of weapons which might be used to harm the officer or
    others nearby."' Minnesota v. Dickerson, 
    508 U.S. 366
    , 373, 
    113 S. Ct. 2130
    , 
    124 L. Ed. 2d 334
    (1993) (quoting 
    Terry, 392 U.S. at 26
    (citing Michigan v. Long, 
    463 U.S. 1032
    , 1049, 1052 n.16, 
    103 S. Ct. 3469
    , 77 L. Ed 2d 1201 (1983))); Ybarra v.
    Illinois, 
    444 U.S. 85
    , 93-94, 
    100 S. Ct. 338
    , 
    62 L. Ed. 2d 238
    (1979). Using this
    definition, the Court has approved, under Terry, a comprehensive search of the
    passenger compartment of a suspect's car after officers saw a knife sitting on one of
    the floorboards. 
    Long, 463 U.S. at 1050-51
    . This court has reached a similar
    conclusion under article I, section 7. In State v. Kennedy, we held that when an
    officer has reason to suspect that a weapon is concealed in the front seat of a
    suspect's car, searching that front seat is "similar to a Terry frisk" and therefore
    7
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    (Gordon McCloud, J., Dissenting)
    "reasonable" under our state constitution.         
    107 Wash. 2d 1
    , 12-13, 
    726 P.2d 445
    (1986). 3
    In this case, the Court of Appeals held that even if an FST is a search under
    the state and federal constitutions, it is analogous to a Terry frisk and is permissible
    without a warrant if"the degree of intrusion [is] appropriate to ... [the defendant's]
    probable dangerousness." State v. Mecham, 
    181 Wash. App. 932
    , 941, 
    331 P.3d 80
    ,
    review granted, 
    181 Wash. 2d 1014
    , 
    337 P.3d 325
    (2014). In other words, the Court
    3
    The lead opinion mistakenly asserts that Washington's constitution (article I,
    section 7) is always '"unconcerned with the reasonableness of the search"' in question.
    Lead opinion at 12. On the contrary, whether "reasonableness" factors into our state
    constitutional analysis depends on the government's justification for the search. Where an
    officer asserts only a "reasonable [but erroneous] good faith belief' that he or she had
    permission to conduct a warrantless search, we depart from Fourth Amendment analysis
    and hold that the reasonableness of the officer's belief is irrelevant. State v. Morse, 
    156 Wash. 2d 1
    , 9, 
    123 P.3d 832
    (2005); see also State v. Eisfeldt, 
    163 Wash. 2d 628
    , 634-635, 638,
    
    185 P.3d 580
    (2008) (declining to adopt any "private search doctrine" on the basis that
    "article I, section 7 is unconcerned with the reasonableness of the search"). But in the
    context of Terry searches, this court applies the same basic analysis, under article I, section
    7, that the United States Supreme Court applies tmder the Fourth Amendment-an analysis
    that asks whether a search was reasonable. Cf Michigan v. Long, 
    463 U.S. 1032
    , 1051,
    
    103 S. Ct. 3469
    , 77 L. Ed 2d 1201 (1983) ("[i]n evaluating the validity of an officer's
    investigative or protective conduct under Terry, the '[t]ouchstone of our analysis ... is
    always the reasonableness in all circumstances of the particular governmental invasion of
    a citizen's personal security"' (second and third alterations in original) (internal quotation
    marks omitted) (quoting Pennsylvania v. Mimms, 
    434 U.S. 106
    , 108-09.98 S. Ct. 330,54
    L. Ed. 331 (1977))); State v. Kennedy, 
    107 Wash. 2d 1
    , 12-13, 
    726 P.2d 445
    (1986) (search·
    of front seat of suspect's car was "similar to a Terry frisk" and therefore "reasonable" under
    article I, section 7); State v. Horrace, 
    144 Wash. 2d 386
    , 394, 
    28 P.3d 753
    (2001) (quoting
    Terry and embracing its search analysis as consistent with article I, section 7 protections:
    "to justify the intrusion of a limited pat-down search, 'the police officer must be able to
    point to specific and articulable facts which ... reasonably warrant that intrusion"').
    8
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    (Gordon McCloud, J., Dissenting)
    of Appeals reasoned that a drunk driver behind the wheel is like a concealed weapon,
    for which an officer may conduct a limited search during a Terry stop. The court
    further held that the balance of interests justified the search in this case: "The
    attendant intrusion was ... appropriate given [the officer's] training and Mecham's
    evident intoxication ... [the] request for Mecham to perform a field sobriety test
    was justified under the Terry stop exception to the warrant requirement." 
    Id. at 945.
    In the usual case, the Court of Appeals' conclusion may well be correct.
    Indeed, nearly every jurisdiction that has addressed the issue has approved
    warrantless FSTs under Terry. 4
    But this case is different. In this case, the subject of the FST, Mecham, posed
    absolutely no risk to public safety: he was already handcuffed and under arrest when
    the officer asked him to perform the tests and therefore presented no possibility of
    returning to his car to drive drunk. Lead opinion at 2.
    Under those circumstances, an FST serves no public safety function. Instead,
    it serves only to reveal evidence that may be used against the subject in a criminal
    prosecution. Such purely evidentiary searches are absolutely prohibited under Terry,
    4E.g., 
    Royer, 276 Neb. at 179
    ; 
    Galimba, 19 P.3d at 612
    ; 
    Rizzo, 243 Mich. App. at 161
    ; 
    Ferreira, 133 Idaho at 480
    ; Blais, 
    428 Mass. 294
    ; 
    Hulse, 289 Mont. at 19-20
    ; Taylor,
    
    648 So. 2d 701
    ; 
    Lamme, 19 Conn. App. at 600
    ; 
    Gray, 150 Vt. at 190-91
    ; 
    Dixon, 103 Nev. at 273-274
    ; Superior 
    Court, 149 Ariz. at 274
    ; 
    Stevens, 394 N.W.2d at 391
    ; 
    Golden, 171 Ga. App. at 30
    ; 
    Wyatt, 67 Haw. at 304-05
    ; Little, 
    468 A.2d 615
    .
    9
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    (Gordon McCloud, J., Dissenting)
    as even the State appears to 
    concede. 392 U.S. at 30-31
    ; 
    Ybarra, 444 U.S. at 93-94
    ;
    see State's Suppl. Br. at 14-15 (arguing that it does not matter that the FST served
    purely evidentiary purposes in this case because the FST was not a search). In fact,
    even the lead opinion concedes this legal point. Lead opinion at 26 n.13 ("Officers
    conducting a lawful brief investigative detention may not search an individual based
    merely on their reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. Under Terry, officers may
    conduct a limited frisk for weapons only if the officer has a reasonable concern for
    danger and the search is limited in scope to finding weapons. [State v.] Setterstrom,
    163 Wn.2d [621 ,] 626[, 
    183 P.3d 1075
    (2008)].")
    The FST in this case was a purely evidentiary search prohibited under Terry.
    Thus, Terry's exception to the warrant requirement did not apply.
    B. The warrantless field sobriety test in this case was not permissible
    as a search incident to arrest
    The State also argues that because Mecham was under arrest when the officer
    asked him to perform the FSTs, the FSTs were a valid "intrusion incident to arrest."
    Suppl. Br. of Resp't at 19. It cites this court's decision in State v. Byrd, which
    reasoned that "[t]he authority to search an arrestee's person and personal effects
    flows from the authority of a custodial arrest itself." 
    178 Wash. 2d 611
    , 618, 310 P .3d
    793 (2013) (citing United States v. Robinson, 
    414 U.S. 218
    , 232, 
    94 S. Ct. 467
    , 
    38 L. Ed. 2d 427
    (1973)). The State argues that, excluding certain extremely invasive
    10
    State v. Mecham (Mark Tracy), No. 90598-3
    (Gordon McCloud, J., Dissenting)
    searches, "the full search of a person under lawful arrest is per se reasonable." Suppl.
    Br. ofResp't at 20 & n.4 (citing 
    Robinson, 414 U.S. at 235
    ).
    This argument is meritless. Officers may always search an arrestee's person
    incident to arrest, but that is because certain "exigencies are presumed when an
    officer searches an arrestee's person." 
    Byrd, 178 Wash. 2d at 620
    (emphasis omitted).
    Specifically, it is presumed that the arrestee may be concealing a weapon or
    destructible evidence-these are the only two "exigencies" that can justify a search
    incident to arrest. 
    Id. at 617-18.
    Mecham's possible intoxication is neither a weapon endangering officer
    safety nor evidence that Mecham might have destroyed. Thus, an FST-a search
    that served only to uncover this intoxication--does not fall within the search incident
    to arrest exception.
    CONCLUSION
    Mecham posed no risk to public safety once he was placed under arrest, so the
    FST at issue in this case was a purely evidentiary search. That search was therefore
    unconstitutional. As all parties and the lead opinion agree, a person has a right to
    refuse an unconstitutional search and the prosecution "may not comment on a refusal
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    (Gordon McCloud, J., Dissenting)
    to waive a constitutional right." Lead opinion at 7. 5 Accordingly, I would reverse
    the Court of Appeals and hold that evidence of Mecham's refusal was improperly
    admitted at trial. I therefore respectfully dissent.
    5
    Since the State commented on this defendant's right to refuse to waive a
    constitutional right, I do not analyze the lawfulness of a comment on a defendant's refusal
    to waive a "common law" right, as the lead opinion calls the right to refuse FSTs. Lead
    opinion at 7. I note, however, that the lead opinion errs in citing State v. Nordlund, 
    113 Wash. App. 171
    , 188, 
    53 P.3d 520
    (2002), for the supposed rule that "the State may admit
    evidence that a defendant is asserting a nonconstitutional right as evidence of
    consciousness of guilt." Lead opinion at 7. Nordlund actually held that the State has a
    right to argue consciousness of guilt when the defendant fails to comply with a lawful court
    order (in that case, an order to supply hair 
    samples). 113 Wash. App. at 188
    . It does not
    address a defendant's refusal to comply with an unlawful order, even one that is unlawful
    only under the common law. I also note that the arresting officer here specifically told
    Mecham that the FSTs were "voluntary." Lead opinion at 3. To the extent that Mecham
    reasonably relied on this statement when he declined to perform the tests, then, regardless
    of the source of the right to refuse, estoppel principles arguably bar the State from using
    that decision against Mecham at trial. See, e.g., State v. Minor, 
    162 Wash. 2d 796
    , 800-01,
    804, 
    174 P.3d 1162
    (2008) (conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm reversed
    because prior court's failure to properly fill out order affirmatively "misled [defendant]
    into believing he could possess firearms"); United States v. Pa. Indus. Chern. Corp., 
    411 U.S. 655
    , 659, 
    93 S. Ct. 1804
    , 
    36 L. Ed. 2d 567
    (1973) (corporate defendant's conviction
    reversed so that trial court could consider whether defendant reasonably relied on United
    States Army Corps of Engineers' regulations to conclude that its conduct did not violate
    statute).
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