State v. Day

Steven Roy Day was found guilty by a Whatcom County jury of the crime of unlawful possession of a firearm, a felony. He appeals.

Defendant Day assigns error to the trial court’s order denying his motion to suppress evidence seized at the time of his arrest. The motion to suppress was not made until the morning of the trial, and the only evidence presented to the trial court in support of defendant’s motion was his own testimony which is summarized as follows:

Defendant Day stated that he was arrested on or about July 15, 1971, in Whatcom Falls Park where he and a female companion had gone at…