State v. Valdez-Molina

JOHNSON, Justice.

This is a cocaine possession and trafficking case. The issues presented concern standing to raise entrapment as a matter of law in violation of due process, submitting Miranda rights issues to a jury, and sentencing under an unconstitutional mandatory minimum sentencing statute. We reach three conclusions: (1) the defendants did not have standing to raise the entrapment issue; (2) any error in the submission of the Miranda rights issue to the jury was harmless error; and (3) the sentences must be vacated and the defendants resentenced pursuant to State v. Sarabia, 125 Idaho…