Commonwealth v. Mathews

SPAETH,

President Judge:

These are consolidated appeals by the Commonwealth from orders arresting judgment. Although the jury rejected appellees’ arguments that they had been entrapped, see 18 Pa.C.S. § 313, and found them guilty of attempt to manufacture a controlled substance, the trial court, on post-verdict motions, arrested judgment because it found that the police conduct in this case was so outrageous that appellees were denied due process. We affirm.

Even where entrapment is not proved, police involvement in criminal activity may be so outrageous that a prosecution will be barred on due…