State v. Reed

Sean Reed appeals from his conviction on three counts of delivery of a controlled substance. He contends the trial court erred in failing to apply principles of contract law to specifically enforce his confidential informant agreement with narcotics detectives. Because the prosecuting attorney was not a party to the agreement, we hold that the agreement cannot be specifically enforced against the prosecutor.

Reed was arrested after making several drug sales to Sno-homish County narcotics detectives (police). He entered into a written agreement with the police whereby the police agreed to "drop…