State v. McArdle

Defendants and several others were charged with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. Defendants appeal from a denial of their motions to dismiss their indictments on the ground that the government’s conduct was so outrageous that prosecuting them violated their federal due process rights. We affirm.

Because analysis of a due process claim for outrageous government conduct is fact-oriented, we set the facts out in detail. In July, 1986, officers Salsbery, Severns and Koyto began an undercover drug investigation, stationing themselves in a motel in Harrisburg. Salsbery and Koyto testified…