State v. Gluck

Peter Gluck was convicted by a jury of the crime of second-degree burglary of a tavern in Seattle. His appeal from the judgment rendered on the verdict brings in question the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress certain evidence and denial of his challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence.

The facts are these: About 4:45 a.m. on July 24, 1971, two city policemen were patrolling an industrial area of Seattle in which there had been an increasing number of burglaries. As the officers approached the tavern, which was in an isolated part of a block, a car which was parked in front of…