Legal Opinion
United States v. Chris D. Harris
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1993No. 92-4001PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRORBY, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals the dismissal of Counts II and III which charged Defendant/Appellee Chris Harris (Defendant) with aiding and abetting in the distribution of crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and § 841(b)(1)(B) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. The district court dismissed the indictments sua sponte holding the police officer engaged in outrageous government conduct. We reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
Defendant’s three counts arose from his facilitation of the purchase of crack cocaine for undercover agent, Edward Lucas. Detective Lucas worked for the Salt Lake…
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