SWANSON, J.
Narciso Ortiz appeals from the judgment and sentence entered following his conviction for third degree assault. Ortiz contends that the trial court erred in refusing to give a proposed instruction regarding the reliability of an informant's tip.
On January 1, 1987, at about 2 a.m., Dustin Hurlbut, a patrol sergeant with the Whatcom County Sheriff's Department, responded to a radio report of a fight at the Rustler's Inn near Lynden. When Hurlbut...
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