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CITY OF SEATTLE v. ORWICK

No. 19601-4-I.

53 Wn. App. 53 (1988)

765 P.2d 913

THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Petitioner, v. JOHN ORWICK, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

December 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney, Stanley A. Bastian and Charlotte E. Clark-Mahoney, Assistants, and Frances Wagner, Legal Intern, for petitioner.

O.W. Hollowell and Hollowell, Pisto, Kalenius & Rhodes, for respondent.

WEBSTER, J.

Seattle appeals a dismissal of its charge against John W. Orwick of obstructing a public officer. The City claims that suppression of evidence, not dismissal, is the proper remedy for denial of a defendant's right to contact a lawyer. We affirm.

FACTS

Two Seattle police officers responded to a report of an automobile striking a pedestrian in downtown Seattle at approximately 9:25 p.m. on November 7, 1985. They found Orwick lying on top...

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