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STATE v. DOREY

No. 25938-2-III.

186 P.3d 363 (2008)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Christopher Todd DOREY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

June 26, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Kelvin Miller, Benton County Prosecutors Office, Alexander Bruce Johnson, Attorney at Law, Kennewick, WA, for Respondent.

Susan Marie Gasch, Gasch Law Office, Spokane, WA, for Appellant.

SCHULTHEIS, C.J.

¶ 1 We are asked to decide a single issue: whether police may stop a potential witness when investigating a disturbance complaint when there exists no exigent circumstances. We hold that they may not and reverse.

FACTS

¶ 2 At approximately 8:46 p.m. on June 29, 2006, Benton County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Bostic responded to a complaint by a named citizen of a disturbance involving a black man and another man in a black shirt...

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