State v. Ibarra

Frederico Ibarra appeals his conviction for possession of a controlled substance. He claims that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to an allegedly invalid search warrant. We reverse.

On April 10, 1989, Detective Brewer of the Cowlitz County Drug Task Force applied to the District Court for Cowlitz County for a warrant to search Ibarra's home. The affidavit that Brewer submitted to the magistrate was based on information supplied by an informant whose identity was made known to Brewer, but not to the magistrate. The affidavit read, in part, as…