State v. Brooks

This is an appeal from a conviction for the crime of grand larceny. The sole question is whether certain evidence was obtained as a result of an illegal search and seizure.

On November 23,1959, at approximately 7:30 p. m., police officers in the city of Seattle noticed an automobile parked in a “no-parking” zone. They also observed one person sitting in the front seat and another sitting in the back seat — both on the right-hand side. Thereupon, the officers stopped and approached the vehicle on foot. The person in the back seat alighted from the automobile through the right-rear door, but was…