State v. Costello

During a drug buy, an undercover police officer wore a body wire authorized for officer safety *152pursuant to RCW 9.73.210.1 The subsequent drug transaction led to Marc Costello’s conviction for delivery of a controlled substance. On appeal, he contends the authorization for the body wire was deficient and that all information obtained during the buy, including the participating officer’s visual observations, should have been suppressed. We affirm.

The relevant facts are not disputed. On March 1, 1994, Detective Rob Linman and another police officer asked Lieutenant Randy Carper to sign an…