United States v. Laurent

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

On November 17, 2006, a confidential informant told an undercover officer — New Hampshire state trooper Melissa Robles— about a man who was selling crack cocaine in Manchester. At Robles’ request, the informant called the man to arrange a meeting. That afternoon, the informant and Robles drove to a supermarket parking lot in Manchester where a man arrived, driving alone in a maroon Chevrolet Malibu with Connecticut license plates, and introduced himself as “Frenchie.”

Frenchie entered Robles’ car and — after ensuring that Robles was neither wired nor armed — sold her a…