State v. James

— On January 9, 1980, Gregory Vince James was arrested at his home, without an arrest warrant, by Officer Ikaksen of the King County Police on suspicion of stealing $6,000 from the safe of the Village Inn Restaurant. James was an employee there and had access to the combination of the safe. Police were particularly suspicious of James because of his impoverished state before the theft, the acquisition of expensive furniture and clothes after-wards, and some curious statements he made to fellow employees regarding his finances. James was charged with first degree theft and he moved to suppress…