State v. Wade

— The State seeks review of a Court of Appeals’ decision reversing Charles Fidel Wade’s juvenile conviction for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. At issue is whether the Court of Appeals erred by reversing the trial court’s admission of evidence under ER 404(b), where the appellate court did not have before it the report of proceedings from the trial court’s evidentiary hearing.

FACTS

At around 3 p.m. on February 9, 1997, Tacoma Police Officer Joe Mettler was patrolling the Hilltop neighborhood in Tacoma. Mettler was driving southbound on “M” Street near 23rd Street…