Legal Opinion
State v. Villarreal
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided September 30, 1999No. 17808-1-IIIPublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Ruben Villarreal, Jr. was found guilty of possessing cocaine following a stipulated-facts trial. Mr. Villarreal was urinating in public when contacted by a Yakima County deputy-sheriff. He argues the initial contact with him was unreasonable. Alternatively he argues, if the contact was reasonable, the warrant check leading to his arrest and search unreasonably extended the scope of the investigative purpose. We disagree with both arguments, and affirm.
FACTS
The parties stipulated to the facts contained in a Yakima County deputy sheriff’s incident report related to Mr. Villarreal that occurred…
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