State v. Jones

Joseph Adams appeals his conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to deliver. He contends that the trial court erred in failing to suppress evidence seized by police following a warrantless search and entry. We affirm.

On the night of January 1,1990, four plainclothes officers were conducting a followup investigation of a drive-by shooting at an apartment in the city of Seattle. The officers entered a vacant ground-floor unit through a broken window. Laura Jones lived in the other ground-floor apartment of the 4-unit building. Jones' unit was directly across the hallway from the vacant…