State v. Ortiz

On June 2, 1981, Virginia Martin of Othello, Washington, called the Othello Police Department and requested that an officer be sent to her home. For the past hour there had been a male walking up and down the alley located behind Martin's residence. He had been walking up to her car that was in her carport and staring at her house. It is unclear whether Martin told the police that the person had entered her property.

Officer Roger Schell responded to the call and received a description of the man from Martin. He spotted the man approximately one and a half blocks away from Martin's residence.…