In what circumstances will an undercover agent be prosecuted for selling cocaine to an undercover officer?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Colt, 118 Cal.App.4th 1404, 13 Cal.Rptr.3d 852 (Cal. App. 2004):
decision, to do an incriminating act whether that act be a sale to an undercover agent or a jettisoning of incriminating material no illegality exists." (Id., at p. 583, 100 Cal.Rptr. 473; see also People v. Martino (1985) 166 Cal.App.3d 777, 789, 212 Cal.Rptr. 45 [phone call to cocaine dealer].)
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