STATE v. PATTERSON

No. 54111-6.

112 Wn.2d 731 (1989)

774 P.2d 10

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Petitioner, v. MARCUS DWAYNE PATTERSON, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur D. Curtis, Prosecuting Attorney, and Richard Melnick, Deputy, for petitioner.

Eric J. Nielsen of Washington Appellate Defender Association, for respondent.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney for King County, and William L. Downing, Senior Deputy, amici curiae for petitioner.

Richard Hansen and David Allen on behalf of Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amici curiae for respondent.


UTTER, J.

The State seeks review of a Court of Appeals decision affirming a trial court's suppression of evidence based on the State's failure to show that exigent circumstances necessitated searching a parked, secured, unoccupied car without a warrant. We reverse and find there were enough additional factors in this case to constitute "exigent circumstances."

The facts are stipulated. At 6:06 a.m. on November 16, 1982, Officers Abernathy and Krueger were...

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