State v. Sewell

— Andrew C. and Dorothy M. Sewell appeal from their convictions on four counts each of possession of controlled substances. They assign error to the trial court’s denial of a motion to suppress evidence, and to the denial of a motion seeking disclosure of an informant’s identity.

The relevant facts are as follows. On April 25, 1973, Officer John Stonehouse of the Bremerton Police Department submitted an affidavit to a judge of the Kitsap County Superior Court, seeking a warrant to search the Sewell residence. In this affidavit, he put forth information calculated to show that an informant had…