Legal Opinion
State v. Madrigal
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided April 21, 1992No. 10607-1-IIIPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSweeney, J.
Lucio P. Madrigal was found guilty of possession of cocaine. He appeals contending the State's evidence should have been suppressed because the police officer did not have an articulable reasonable suspicion of criminal activity necessary to justify an investigatory stop. We affirm.
Facts
Yakima Police Officer Rodney Light was on routine patrol at approximately 6 p.m. on November 19, 1989. A few hundred feet from the Yakima County Courthouse, he observed a "heated argument" between a man, later identified as Mr. Madrigal, and a woman, known to Officer Light as Tia Williamson. He heard the…
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