State v. Wolken

Defendants appeal their convictions for possession of a controlled substance. We affirm.

The major issue is what preliminary showing is required during an in camera examination so as to require disclosure of the confidential informant and what requires further inquiry into the asserted material misrepresentations contained in the search warrant affidavit. Additional issues are whether the search warrant was facially valid and whether the conduct of the informant constituted governmental misconduct necessitating dismissal.

On April 30, 1982, Officer Purcell of the King County Police Department…