State v. White

Defendant White was arrested without warrant and charged with the crime of possession of a controlled substance in violation of RCW 69.50.401. Jury-trial was waived and the court considered suppression of the evidence in conjunction with the trial on the merits. Suppression was denied and the defendant was convicted and sentenced.

The primary issue in this case is whether the tip of an informant, accompanied by corroborative information gathered by the arresting officer, provided probable cause to arrest and search the defendant. We hold the arrest was valid. A second issue is whether the…