Port Angeles: Prosecution, defense rest arguments in Sequim cocaine trafficking trial

PORT ANGELES — The prosecution and defense ended their arguments Tuesday in the trial of accused cocaine dealer Douglas Eugene Baker of Sequim with opposing pleas to the 12-person jury to consider whether the state’s evidence proves that what Baker sold was indeed cocaine.

“Don’t forget what isn’t here,” defense attorney Karen Unger told the jury as she finished her closing arguments in Clallam County Superior Court.

Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John Prentiss, referring to witnesses’ testimony that they purchased what they thought was cocaine, countered:

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“You don’t keep coming back to McDonald’s unless there’s beef in those burgers. And there was beef in these burgers.”

Baker, 50, is accused of selling cocaine for several years from his Happy Valley residence, 166 Old Dad’s Road, and depositing checks and cash from the sales into his state-licensed gravel delivery business, Hardrock Trucking Inc.

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