The defendant appealed against his conviction for incitement to produce cannabis. He had a shop openly and lawfully selling materials for use in the growing of plants, and particularly cannabis. He said that the offence had only occurred after the determined encouragement of an officer conducting a test purchase.
Held: The appeal was dismissed.
Judges:
Leveson LJ, Davis, Tugendhat JJ
Citations:
[2010] EWCA Crim 925, [2010] 3 All ER 1186, [2010] 2 Cr App Rep 10
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Distinguished – Regina v Moon CACD 10-Nov-2004
The defendant, a heroin addict said that the encouragement of a police officer to supply her with a small quantity of heroin amounted to entrapment and that her prosecution should have been stayed as an abuse of process. The officer had been . .
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Moore and Another CACD 13-Feb-2013
The appellants said that they had been entrapped into committing the offences of which they stood convicted. Their applications for stay on the ground of abuse of process had been rejected.
Held: The appeal failed.
Rix Lj said: ‘the . .
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Crime
Updated: 18 June 2022; Ref: scu.408828
