Leech v. State

T1 In Proposition II Leech claims the State engaged in "sentence entrapment" by setting him up with an ounce of methamphetamine, which would automatically warrant a trafficking charge. As the majority notes, sentencing entrapment occurs when the State causes a defendant initially predisposed to commit a lesser crime to commit a more serious offense. Sentencing entrapment is often associated with reverse sting operations where mandatory sentences result from a particular quantity of drugs.1

T2 Leech claims the police department's decision to provide him (through the confidential informant,…