State v. Walcott

This is an appeal by the defendant (appellant) , Irving James Walcott, from a conviction for the possession of marijuana. The assignment of error upon which the defendant primarily relies is to the trial court’s denial of the defendant’s motion to suppress certain evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant.

On November 5, 1965, at approximately 5 o’clock in the afternoon, King County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Thomas A. Stang filed complaints for search warrants in the Seattle District Justice Court of magistrate Evangeline Starr. Seattle police detectives R. W. Waitt and A. L. Fawcett were…