State v. Parker

Officers Tando and Eggers were on routine patrol in West Seattle, April 3, 1969, when, at about 7 p.m., they received a police radio broadcast of a robbery at the Wigwam Store at 23rd and East Madison in Seattle. Because Spokane Street, a main thoroughfare, would be a ready route from the scene of the robbery to West Seattle, the officers drove at once to 12th Avenue Southwest and Spokane Street. Later radio messages amplified the initial information and descriptions and informed them to look for a Negro male, age 25 to 35, of average size — 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet in height — carrying a…