State v. Walker

Reed, A.C.J.

Defendant Jerome Walker appeals his second-degree burglary conviction. The sole issue is whether defendant's confession and evidence seized from his person after his arrest should have been suppressed. We affirm.

The facts leading to defendant's arrest and subsequent conviction are best summarized by quoting from the trial court's exhaustive suppression hearing findings of fact, which are as follows:

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At about 10:30 a.m. on June 1, 1978, Mrs. Gerda Boze of 3345 South Alaska Street, Tacoma, Washington, was working in her yard. She observed a black man walk past her on the sidewalk…