Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Mance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 11, 1995PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
Appellant, Charles Manee, appeals from the Order of the Superior Court affirming his conviction and judgment of sen tence for criminal solicitation 1 and criminal attempt. 2 Manee was the target of a reverse sting operation in which undercover police officers arranged to sell him one hundred pounds of marijuana. In a reverse sting, law enforcement personnel act as sellers and use various techniques to promote the sale of illegal goods and services. We granted allowance of appeal in this case to review the propriety of the tactics used by police in arresting Manee.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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- United States of America, in No. 81-1020 v. Jannotti, Harry P. United States of America, in No. 81-1021 v. Schwartz, George XCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Commonwealth v. WeiskergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- United States v. Keith M. JacobsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by18 opinions
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