State v. McFarland

84 Wn.2d 391 (1974)

526 P.2d 361

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent,

v.

JAMES EVERETT McFARLAND, Petitioner.

No. 42929.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

September 12, 1974.

FINLEY, J.

James E. McFarland was found guilty of unlawful possession of a controlled substance by a Pierce County Superior Court jury. The trial court denied a motion to suppress and admitted certain evidence allegedly tainted under the "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine of Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 9 L.Ed.2d 441, 83 S.Ct. 407 (1963), a derivative of the exclusionary rule created in Weeks v. United…