STATE v. CHENOWETH

No. 77615-6.

158 P.3d 595 (2007)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Randal Lee CHENOWETH and Barbara Joyce Wood, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided May 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver Ross Davis, Washington Appellate Project, David Bruce Koch, Nielson Broman & Koch PLLC, Jennifer L. Dobson, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Kimberly Anne Thulin, Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Philip James Buri, Buri Funston Mumford PLLC, James T. Hulbert, Hilary A. Thomas, Whatcom County Prosecutor's Office, Bellingham, WA, for Respondent.


MADSEN, J.

¶ 1 The State obtained a telephonic search warrant based on an informant's uncorroborated tip that Randal L. Chenoweth was operating a methamphetamine lab on his property. Chenoweth and his codefendant, Barbara J. Wood, challenged the validity of the search warrant, contending that the State omitted material facts concerning the informant's background in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and article I, section 7 of...

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