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People v. Auld

Citations

  • 815 P.2d 956
  • 1991 WL 3782

How courts have described this case

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  • finding outrageous governmental conduct and affirming the dismissal of a case based on a fictitious complaint filed against a fictitious defendant in order to investigate a later-retained defense attorney
  • upholding the dismissal of charges based on a finding of outrageous government conduct because the prosecution filed fake charges against an undercover agent and therefore “dup[ed the] court into becoming an accomplice” to their nefarious actions
  • dismissal of case proper if government’s conduct violates fundamental fairness and is shocking to the universal sense of justice
  • prosecutor and undercover agent conspired to file fake charges in a scheme intended to induce the defendant lawyer into committing a crime

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Judges: Ney, Metzger, Ruland

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