State v. Curtis

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing secrecy involved in criminal activities and noting importance of undercover agents in detection and prosecution of drug traffickers
• “[T]he only requirement on the defense of entrapment is that it be sufficient to raise a reasonable doubt that the defendant freely and voluntarily committed the crime.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Weiskerger
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-01-30· cited 45×
• State v. Taylor
  Utah Supreme Court· 1979-08-07· cited 39×
• State v. Knoll
  Utah Supreme Court· 1985-12-03· cited 35×
• State v. Murphy
  Utah Supreme Court· 1983-10-31· cited 32×
• State v. Torres
  Utah Supreme Court· 1980-10-17· cited 32×
• State v. Spillers
  Utah Supreme Court· 2007-01-26· cited 31×
• State v. Starks
  Utah Supreme Court· 1981-03-24· cited 30×
• State v. Matheson
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1976-09-02· cited 26×
• State v. Maestas
  Utah Supreme Court· 1977-05-31· cited 20×
• State v. Casias
  Utah Supreme Court· 1977-07-26· cited 13×
• State v. Smith
  Utah Supreme Court· 2024-05-02· cited 13×
• State v. Hansen
  Utah Supreme Court· 1978-11-27· cited 11×
• Sparks v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1992-04-06· cited 11×
• State v. Bridwell
  Utah Supreme Court· 1977-06-28· cited 6×
• State v. Torres
  Utah Supreme Court· 2000-12-22· cited 6×
• State v. Hernandez
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2020-04-09· cited 5×
• State v. Hatchett
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2020-04-09· cited 3×
• State v. Starks
  Utah Supreme Court· 1978-07-10· cited 3×
• State v. Robichaux
  Utah Supreme Court· 1981-12-30· cited 2×
• State v. Buranek
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2025-06-20· cited 1×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Russell
  Supreme Court· 1973-04-24· cited 2,012×
• Sorrells v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1932-12-19· cited 1,793×
• Sherman v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1958-05-19· cited 1,587×
• Grossman v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1969-07-21· cited 89×
• Wall v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1933-06-27· cited 26×
• State v. Anderson
  Utah Supreme Court· 1972-03-27· cited 25×
• State v. McCornish
  Utah Supreme Court· 1921-06-17· cited 22×
• State v. Pacheco
  Utah Supreme Court· 1962-03-15· cited 21×
• Salt Lake City v. Robinson
  Utah Supreme Court· 1912-03-18· cited 20×
• State v. Perkins
  Utah Supreme Court· 1967-09-27· cited 13×
• State v. Belwood
  Utah Supreme Court· 1972-02-29· cited 10×