Legal Opinion
State v. Chisholm
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 28, 1985No. 6446-4-IIPublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reed, A.C.J.
— A Longview police officer stopped a pickup truck solely for the purpose of informing the driver that his hat was in jeopardy of blowing out of the bed of the vehicle. The trial court concluded that, there being no reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, the stop was improper, and granted defendant's motion to suppress a quantity of marijuana subsequently found on defendant's person. The State appeals from the trial court's dismissal of the charge against defendant. We reverse and remand.
On November 15, 1980, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Sergeant Cowan of the Longview Police…
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