State Of Washington, V. Shamarr D. Parker

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 88034-9-I Respondent, DIVISION ONE v. PUBLISHED OPINION SHAMARR DERRICK PARKER, Appellant. BIRK, J. — We are asked whether Washington’s attenuation doctrine permits the government to use information police learned from a witness, even though an illegal search was a contributing cause to their learning the witness’s identity and conversing with her for the first time. Police identified Shamarr Parker as a suspect in an alleged rape, robbery, and kidnapping, and obtained a pen register trap and trace (PRTT) order…