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· 5/11/1981

State v. Wakeley

Citations

  • 628 P.2d 835
  • 29 Wash. App. 238
  • 1981 Wash. App. LEXIS 2341

How courts have described this case

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  • stop justified when an informant identified the subject as leaving in an orange colored Pinto after gunshots were heard and the officer, passing an orange Pinto, observed the driver attempting to hide something in his jacket
  • pre-J.L. decision upholding investigatory stop based on three individuals’ phone reports that they heard three gunshots; “[t]he officers’ decision to adopt an immediate response was reasonable because crimes involving firearms present a serious threat of physical injury”

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