Legal Opinion
State v. Wolters
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided May 31, 2006No. 32485-7-IIPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶1 Jeffrey Glenn Wolters moved to suppress certain evidence obtained after police arrested him without a warrant. The Cowlitz County District Court denied his suppression motion and the Cowlitz County Superior Court affirmed. Because the record supports a finding that exigent circumstances justified the arrest, we too affirm.
Armstrong, J.
FACTS
¶ 2 At an evidentiary hearing, Trooper Kevin Kingsley testified that while traveling westbound on Ocean Beach Highway, he observed Wolters’s white Chevrolet pickup *300about a block ahead of him. The pickup, which was in the right westbound lane, drifted…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Welsh v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Miller v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Harold B. Dorman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- State v. O'NeillWashington Supreme Court · 2003
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. HinshawCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2009
- State v. HinshawCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2009
- State v. WoltersCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2006