Lynn Murphy Creel v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division

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• finding that two-prong agency test of quid pro quo agreement and instructions from police is consonant with Supreme Court authority
• finding informant who solicited incriminating evidence was not a state agent because government never promised benefit to informant and because informant did not act under state direction
• finding informant who solicited incriminating evidence was not a state agent because government never promised benefit to informant and because informant did not act under state direction

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