State v. Morgan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Owsley, J.:

This is an interlocutory appeal by the state from an order suppressing evidence obtained under a search warrant.

The search warrant was issued as the result of almost a month of investigative work by the Wichita Police Department narcotics section. Detective John Hayworth made contact with a young couple who offered to obtain drugs for him, unaware that he was a police officer. After Hayworth made several purchases from the couple he attempted to determine the source of their supply. His investigation led him to believe their drugs came from…