State v. Goodman

—Johnnie Goodman appeals his convictions for second degree burglary and second degree possession of stolen property. The issues on appeal are whether the trial court erred in refusing to suppress items seized in a war-rantless search of Goodman's car, and in ruling that evidence of his prior convictions would be admissible if *333Goodman testified in his own defense. We affirm the second degree burglary conviction and reverse the second degree possession of stolen property conviction.

Shortly after midnight July 23, 1982, Detective Jackson of the Tacoma Police Department responded to a suspicious…