State v. Rundquist

Michael G. Rundquist was charged with six counts of knowingly purchasing unlawfully taken salmon and six counts of knowingly purchasing unlawfully taken steelhead. After three days of testimony in a jury trial, the trial court interrupted the State’s case-in-chief and dismissed all charges on the ground that outrageous conduct by the government agents had deprived the defendant of his right to due process of law. The court also held that the government had entrapped the defendant into committing the offense. We hold that the governmental conduct was not so outrageous as to shock the sense of…