State v. Reed

Based upon a police officer’s reported observation of a drug transaction, Roy Reed was arrested and charged with possessing cocaine with intent to deliver within 1,000 feet of a school bus stop. The trial court granted the State’s request to preclude disclosure of the officer’s vantage point under a “surveillance location privilege” that has not been recognized by Washington statute or precedent. We decline the State’s invitation to recognize that privilege because it would conflict with State v. Hudlow,1 which delineates a defendant’s constitutional rights to confront and cross-examine…