State v. White

Donald L.White appeals his conviction of first degree robbery and first degree assault, committed while armed with a deadly weapon. He alleges that the police did not have probable cause to arrest him and that the court erred by refusing to suppress evidence seized without a warrant from the automobile he and his accomplice used to flee the robbery scene. We affirm.

On July 21, 1980, at approximately 9:40 p.m., Port Angeles police received a telephone report that Olson's Grocery Store had been robbed and that a shot had been fired by one of the robbers. The female caller told the dispatcher…