State v. Valladares

Two criminal prosecutions arising from a common set of facts have been consolidated on appeal. The principal assignment of error concerns the trial court's admission of certain hearsay statements of a police informant, through the testimony of undercover agents, which inculpate one defendant in prior drug trafficking. This presents an issue similar to that addressed recently by this court in State v. Parris, 30 Wn. App. 268, 633 P.2d 914, review granted, 96 Wn.2d 1016 (1981). Because this area of the law has undergone rapid development, we believe it is desirable that the principles of Parris…