State v. Singleton

— George Singleton, Jr. appeals from a judgment and sentence entered after a jury found him guilty of six counts of violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, RCW 69.50, consisting of four counts of delivery of heroin, one count of possession of heroin, and one count of possession of methamphetamine.

The primary issue presented by this appeal is the lawfulness of a police officer’s forcible nighttime entry into a private dwelling in the execution of a search warrant.

Singleton was arrested after a police search at his place of residence resulted in the discovery of a bottle of pills…