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People v. Barraza

Supreme Court of California, In Bank

591 P.2d 947 (1979)

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A narcotics agent repeatedly called and pressured Barraza, who worked at a mental health facility and testified he initially refused to sell drugs out of fear of returning to jail, until after roughly an hour of persistent conversation he gave her a coded note referencing heroin merely to stop her from continuing to "bug" him, differing sharply from the agent's own account portraying him as an eager, hesitant-but-willing dealer.

IssueFree

Whether, in California, the proper test of entrapment is a determination of whether the conduct of the law enforcement agent would likely induce a normally law-abiding person to commit the offense.

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