State v. Barron

¶1 — Sylvester Barron, III, sold marijuana to an undercover Oak Harbor Police Department (OHPD) reserve officer who was wearing a body wire outside the city limits of Oak Harbor on three separate occasions. The Island County Sheriff’s Office (ICSO) had issued a letter authorizing OHPD to enforce criminal laws anywhere in Island County, which stated that “notice should be given” to ICSO before OHPD exercised that authority. OHPD never gave notice to ICSO. Barron argues his motion to suppress evidence relating to the three undercover marijuana purchases should have been granted because OHPD was…