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· 11/28/1980

State v. Kourbelas

Citations

  • 621 P.2d 1238
  • 1980 Utah LEXIS 1067

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding entrapment where undercover officer initiated suggestion of drug purchase and persistently pursued defendant to buy drugs
  • relying on the persistent requests of the undercover agent to purchase drugs from the defendant
  • drug trafficking convictions reversed where undercover officers had no evidence . that defendants either dealt in or used illicit drugs and officers made repeated requests to purchase illicit drugs
  • repetitive requests by the officer constituted entrapment

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Judges: Crockett, Maughan, Wilkins, Hall, Stewart

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