Legal Opinion

State v. Christenson

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided November 26, 2012No. A12-0262Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LARKIN, Judge.

This appeal stems from appellant’s conviction of third-degree sale of a controlled substance. Appellant claims that the government engaged in outrageous conduct in violation of his rights to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 7, of the Minnesota Constitution. Specifically, appellant argues that the government engaged in outrageous conduct because its citizen informant used sex to entice appellant to sell the informant narcotics in a controlled buy. Because the *438government did not know of the informant’s use…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  2. United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Hampton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. State v. LothenbachSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
  5. United States v. Angela Nolan-CooperCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998

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