· 3/14/1983
State v. Friederick
Citations
- 663 P.2d 122
- 34 Wash. App. 537
- 1983 Wash. App. LEXIS 2393
How courts have described this case
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- drawn gun used to stop suspect upheld where suspect ran after being told to stop and he was a suspect in a violent crime, and was potentially armed and dangerous
- drawn gun used to stop suspect upheld where suspect ran after being told to stop and he was a suspect in a violent crime, and was potentially armed and dangerous
- flight is itself circumstantial evidence of guilt and thus an element of probable cause
- officer seized a suspect by saying, “Stop, I want to talk to you.”
- officer confronted defendant at a bus stop, saying: “Stop, I want to talk to you,” and defendant then fled, and court concluded that “[a] reasonable person would not flee a police officer’s order to stop, so [officer’s] statement resulted in a seizure for purposes of the Fourth Amendment”
- suspect had fled; violent crime
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Judges: Ringold, Durham, Andersen
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