STATE v. TRUJILLO

No. 27351-2-III.

222 P.3d 129 (2009)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. JOSE DANIEL TRUJILLO, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

December 10, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Edward Asa Owens, Grant County Prosecutor's Office, Ephrata, WA, for Respondent.


SWEENEY, J.

¶ 1 This appeal follows a conviction for possession of cocaine. The defendant challenges the authority of the police to arrest and search him during an investigation of a report of domestic violence. He does so directly, for the first time on appeal, and, obliquely, as a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. We conclude that the police had ample probable cause to arrest the defendant, no matter how the assignment of error is couched. And we...

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