State v. Williams

These consolidated cases concern the validity of pretrial suppression orders entered in the separate proceedings brought against two alleged coconspirators. In each case, the trial court suppressed a portion of the evidence, and both the State and defendant sought discretionary review pursuant to RAP 2.3. Division Two of the Court of Appeals granted discretionary review, consolidated the cases for purposes of appellate review, and certified the cases to this court.

*534The parties raise four separate issues which must be resolved in order to determine the validity of the suppression orders: (1)…