State v. Easter

Supreme Court of Washington · Decided 1996-09-19

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Talmadge, J. — Patrick Easter was involved in a serious automobile accident in which he and four others were injured. Prior to his arrest, Easter chose not to answer a police officer’s questions as to what happened and whether he had been drinking. At trial, despite a pretrial order preventing any questions by the State on Easter’s alleged evasiveness in response to the officer’s questions, the officer was permitted to testify as…

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