State v. Matson

In April 1975, the defendant John Alan Matson had been employed a short time as manager of the Lynnwood Amusement Center when he met a man who, unknown to him, was an undercover agent of the Washington State Patrol Drug Control Assistance Unit. At that time, the agent-patrol officer asked the defendant about the possibility of purchasing "acid" (LSD). The defendant replied that he could supply some. Thereafter, the agent and the defendant engaged in several conversations concerning the price of the LSD, but no actual sale of LSD was consummated.

In the early evening of May 3, 1975, the agent…