Commonwealth v. Theisen

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that it was government officials who made the purchasing arrangements to facilitate the scheme
• reversing conviction because informant contacted defendants and initiated drug production to get them convicted
• finding due process violation in drug distribution prosecution where government supplied necessary materials and location for drug factory, where government informant directed all production, and where defendants provided minimal assistance
• accepting the defense because a government agent was “completely in charge of the entire [drug] laboratory,” supplying materials, providing a location and “specific[ally] directi[ng]” the actual manufacturing
• reversing conviction where the government “was completely in charge and furnished all of the laboratory expertise” and 28 UNITED STATES V. BLACK “[n]either defendant had the know-how with which to actually manufacture methamphetamine”
• reversing conviction because informant contacted defendants and initiated drug production to get them convicted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).