Appellant's Brief - Washington State Courts

notebooks and a piece of paper with things written on them that didn't
have any evidentiary value. RP 224.
Detective Yglesias unsuccessfblly attempted to contact some of the
people whose documents were found. RP 222.
Detective Yglesias also found numerous license plates and VIN
plates from different vehicles. RP 183-1 86. The license plates were for
vehicles all registered to Mr. Hendrickson. RP 185- 186. None of the VIN
numbers were registered to any stolen vehicles. RP 272-273. Detective
Yglesias' investigation revealed that most of the license plates and all of
VrN numbers came from vehicles either registered to or purchased by Mr.
Hendrickson. RP 280-281. The plates that did not come back registered
to Mr. Hendrickson were not in the system as being stolen. RP 280-28 1.
In Detective Yglesias' experience it is common to find all sorts of
documents containing personal information, including social security
numbers and bank account numbers, in recovered stolen vehicles. RP 228-
229.
In her report, Detective Yglesias concluded that most of the
documents had probably been left in vehicles by people who had had their
cars sold. RP 232-233. Detective Yglesias did not see evidence of any
crime being committed in any of the documents or evidence recovered
from the trailer. RP 233-280. All the documents found in the trailer were