STATE v. CHISHOLM

No. 6446-4-II.

39 Wn. App. 864 (1985)

696 P.2d 41

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. JAMES V. CHISHOLM, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

February 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry R. Dunn, Prosecuting Attorney, and Bert Paul, Deputy, for appellant.

C. Michael McLean, for respondent.


REED, A.C.J.

A Longview police officer stopped a pickup truck solely for the purpose of informing the driver that his hat was in jeopardy of blowing out of the bed of the vehicle. The trial court concluded that, there being no reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, the stop was improper, and granted defendant's motion to suppress a quantity of marijuana subsequently found on defendant's person. The State appeals from the trial court's dismissal of the charge against...

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