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Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports

Decided June 9, 1994Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Jim Stallcup Prosecuting Attorney Third Judicial District 225 W. Elm, P.O. Box 627 Walnut Ridge, AR 72476

Dear Mr. Stallcup:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on the legality of a "reverse undercover operation."1 My research has resulted in only one Arkansas case that involves a reverse undercover operation. It is an unpublished decision, and it does not address the legality of the operation. See Barnes v. State, 1987 WL 29245 (Ark.App.). A reverse sting operation is explained in Barnes as a situation where "undercover police officers sell drugs in an effort to…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Evans v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1976
  3. United States v. Kim Allen Stanley, John R. Spiczak, Evan N. Leake, Edward Lee Shorr, Russell Greenway, Stanley Dimich, and Clement James DemattoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  4. United States v. Herbert Loren Reeves, United States of America v. Eddie Jerome BranscumCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  5. United States v. Frank Christian Nichols, United States of America v. Michael ChamblissCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993

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