Zimmerman v. Washington Department of Social and Health Services

How later courts describe this case

• holding that an officer may rely upon information received through an informant “ ‘so long as the informant’s statement is reasonably corroborated by other matters within the officer’s knowledge’ ”
• “We review the [suppression] court’s factual findings in the light most favorable to the State, pursuant to a clear error standard, but we review the legal conclusions de novo”
• prosecution made ill-advised remark when he argued that appellant offered no expert testimony to refute the state’s expert witness, but remark not so flagrant as to require reversal