State v. Jones

¶1 Based on a confidential informant’s (Cl) tip, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force set up a controlled buy targeting Richard Jones, Jr. Jones approached the Cl, who was waiting in his car, and gave him a small bag of cocaine in exchange for money. The Cl then met the Task Force officers and immediately handed them the small bag of cocaine. Thereafter, the State charged Jones with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance. At trial, neither the Cl nor Jones testified. But the State played for the jury a body wire recording and a videotape recording of the drug buy. The…