State v. Agee

We granted defendants' petition for review in this case to consider the single issue of whether a trial court should enter findings of fact and conclusions of law after a suppression of evidence hearing under CrR 4.5.

The facts, being undisputed, are briefly summarized.1 Defendants Agee and Chulufas were arrested for possession of LSD in Vancouver, Washington, on June 19, 1975. The arrest was made after an informant telephoned police officers defendants would arrive at a certain house in about 40 minutes to buy drugs. Police arrived at the house, waited therein with the informant, and then…