State v. Burgoon

Abbott, J.:

This is an interlocutory appeal taken by the State pursuant to K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 22-3603 from an order suppressing the testimony of the State’s only witness to two alleged sales of marijuana.

Defendant is charged with two counts of selling marijuana to an undercover agent. The undercover agent revealed his name at the preliminary examination, but the presiding judge sustained the State’s objection to revealing the agent’s address.

Defendant thereafter filed a motion to suppress the agent’s testimony by reason of the State’s refusal to reveal his address. A hearing was held and the…