STATE v. DARDEN

No. 70586-1.

41 P.3d 1189 (2002)

145 Wash.2d 612

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Clarence DARDEN, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Decided March 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nielsen, Broman & Koch, Dana M. Nelson, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Norm Maleng, King County Prosecutor, Ann Marie Summers, Deputy, Daniel Jason Clark, Deputy, Seattle, for Respondent.


SANDERS, J.

The question is whether a criminal defendant's right to crossexamine adverse witnesses is trumped by the State's interest to avoid disclosure of a secret law enforcement surveillance location.

The facts arise out of a trial for possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver, during which the trial court prohibited the defendant from cross-examining a surveillance officer on the specific location of his observation post. We hold...

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