State v. Solomon

— James Solomon appeals his judgment and sentence for possession of a controlled substance. He contends that the trial court erred in admitting his extrajudicial statements given the absence of independent proof of the corpus delicti of possession of a controlled substance. We affirm.

On October 29, 1991, Seattle Police Officers Robert Chris-topherson, Rudy Gonzales, and Greg Aim obtained a search warrant for narcotics at 3916 South Pearl, apartment 22, a unit registered to Yolanda Phillips. As the officers approached apartment 22, they stopped a woman exiting through the front door. The woman…