STATE v. SMITH

No. 86951-1.

303 P.3d 1047 (2013)

177 Wn.2d 533

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Christopher Leon SMITH, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Bruce Koch , Nielsen, Broman & Koch, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner(s).

Stephen D. Trinen , Pierce County Prosecutors Ofc., for Respondent(s).

Tom P. Conom , Derek Thomas Conom , The Conom Law Firm, Edmonds, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Crimin.


STEPHENS, J.

¶ 1 When officers ran the names in a motel registry to check for warrants, they found an outstanding arrest warrant for motel guest Christopher Smith. As they apprehended Smith at the threshold of his motel room, they saw Quianna Quabner, bloodied and limping, inside the room. Officers entered the room and learned that Quabner and her 12-year-old daughter, L.S., had been assaulted in the hours preceding the officers' arrival; L.S. alleged she had...

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