State v. Kummer

MESCHKE, Justice.

Terry Lee Kummer appeals from a conviction for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. The conviction arose out of a “reverse sting” operation conducted by officers of the Fargo Police Department and the narcotics division of the State Bureau of Criminal Investigations. Because we believe that the undisputed facts of this case show that the police used unlawful means to induce the crime, establishing entrapment as a matter of law, we reverse.

During the summer of 1990, law enforcement officers learned from two confidential informants that Kummer had been…