State v. Sabbot
Court of Appeals of Washington
1Opinion of the Court
Hale, J. *
It is bad business to sell contraband drugs, and a foolish one as well, to make delivery inside one’s dwelling house. The point at issue, however, is not whether the buyer who took delivery in the seller’s house was a business invitee, licensee, social guest, or trespasser. Rather, it is whether the illegal delivery of drugs to a police agent who followed the seller into his house without either an invitation or a refusal of admittance made an unlawful seizure when the drugs were handed him.
Defendant Ronald Sabbot lived in Raymond, Pacific County. He had a friend named Ralph…
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2Cases cited11 opinions
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- State v. HoffmanWashington Supreme Court · 1964
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