State v. Medcalf

— Brian Medcalf appeals his second degree statutory rape conviction. He contends that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress evidence seized under a defective warrant, and in permitting testimony regarding his possession of X-rated videotapes. We affirm.

Medcalf first came to the attention of the authorities as one of the participants in a knife fight at a Bremerton apartment complex. Police officers who responded to the emergency learned that the fight had been prompted by the claims of 11-year-old Gigi that Medcalf had sexually assaulted her and that the other combatant was the fiance…