Legal Opinion
State v. Dudas
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided December 12, 1988No. 20858-6-IPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
Michael Dudas was convicted of possession of a controlled substance. He appeals, challenging the denial of his motion to suppress evidence of narcotics found in his possession when he was arrested on a warrant in an unrelated case. He contends that his arrest was tainted by an improper investigatory stop and that the resulting search and discovery of narcotics was similarly tainted. We affirm.
At 10:45 p.m. in the city of Everett, a deputy sheriff saw Dudas emerge from a parking lot adjacent to several closed businesses. Because the deputy knew there had been a number of incidents of vehicle…
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