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STATE v. RITTS

No. 17280-5-III.

973 P.2d 493 (1999)

94 Wash.App. 784

STATE of Washington, Appellant, v. Mark Snowden RITTS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Six.

March 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann C. Shannon, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Colfax, WA, for Appellant.

Howard M. Neill, Aitken, Schauble, Patrick, Neill & Ruff, Pullman, WA, for Respondent.

SWEENEY, J.

It is a felony to ignore an order or command to stop by a law enforcement officer in a marked police car. The trial court dismissed a charge of attempted felony eluding against Mark Ritts because the police car he attempted to elude was not "marked" with identifying lettering on the doors, although it was equipped with flashing lights and siren. We affirm.

FACTS

The facts are undisputed. About midnight on September 7, 1997, a Whitman...

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