Legal Opinion
State v. Ringer
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 29, 1983No. 49022-8, 49107-1PublishedCited by 158 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*688Dolliver, J.
On November 6, 1979, defendant Ringer was stopped on Interstate 5 by a Washington state trooper and cited for a minor traffic violation. After releasing Ringer, state troopers discovered there was an outstanding felony warrant for his arrest for a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act (RCW 69.50). The state patrol dispatcher put out a radio alert describing Ringer's van. State troopers subsequently found Ringer's van legally parked in the Scatter Creek rest area off the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 in Thurston County.
Three state troopers arrived at the Scatter…
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