Legal Opinion

State v. Tocki

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided July 6, 1982No. 4442-4-IIIPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGreen, J.

The State appeals from an order suppressing a gun and dismissing its charge against the defendant William James Tocki for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Error is assigned to (1) the court's failure to adopt certain proposed findings, and (2) its conclusion defendant's Fourth Amendment rights were violated when he was detained for questioning and searched. We affirm.

The court's findings reflect that on January 24, 1981, between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning, Deputies Ruetsch and Mulvey of the Spokane County Sheriff's Office were patrolling an area on east Sprague in a marked patrol…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Brown v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. State v. WhiteWashington Supreme Court · 1982
  5. State v. GluckWashington Supreme Court · 1974

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. EllwoodCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1988
  2. State v. BootCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1998
  3. State v. SummersCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2001
  4. State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1986
  5. State v. SummersCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2001

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