State v. Burns

— On August 21, 1986, an undercover police officer, Mario Navarrete, made plans to purchase cocaine from Matthew Mason. Through a series of negotiations that day, the two agreed to meet at Gasworks Park in Seattle that afternoon. When Navarrete arrived at the park where Mason was waiting for him, Mason told him someone would be by in a white van to deliver the cocaine shortly. When the van arrived, it pulled into the parking lot. A man, later identified as Ervin Ellingson, got out and approached Navarrete and Mason. After discussing the transaction, Ellingson indicated the person in the van…