City of Spokane v. Badeaux

Paul M. Badeaux appeals from convictions of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and negligent driving.

The sole issue is whether he was lawfully arrested after the Spokane Police Department received two calls concerning a hit-and-run accident on the city's south side. Mr. Badeaux contends that if the arrest was invalid, any evidence seized pursuant to it should be suppressed.

On September 6, 1975, John McCarthy heard a loud noise and squealing tires. From his balcony overlooking the "city he observed a brown Buick leaving a landscaped buffer strip between a major street and…