# State v. Jackson

> Washington Supreme Court · September 6, 1984 · 102 Wash. 2d 432

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9535085

## Case

- **Full name:** The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Walter F. Jackson, Et Al, Petitioners
- **Court:** Washington Supreme Court
- **Decided:** September 6, 1984
- **Citations:** 102 Wash. 2d 432; 688 P.2d 136
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Dimmick
- **Judges:** Rosellini, Dimmick, Utter
- **Cited by:** 241 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that Washington uses the Augilar-Spinelli test to evaluate informants' tips
- noting that if a tip standing alone or partially corroborated, falls short of probable cause, it still has a place in law enforcement by prompting a police investigation or further investigatory work that establishes the requisite probable cause
- finding that the Gates totality-of the-circumstances approach lacks sufficient specificity and analytical structure to pass the state constitutional muster

## Opinion text

Dimmick, J.
(concurring in the result) — I concur in the result but disagree with the majority's conclusion that this is a proper case in which to decide the propriety of following Illinois v. Gates, _U.S._, 76 L. Ed. 2d 527 , 103 S. Ct. 2317 (1983). Since the majority holds that the warrant satisfied the stricter requirements of the Aguilar-Spinelli test, it is unnecessary to decide whether this court should follow Gates.

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