State v. Lively

Supreme Court of Washington · Decided 1996-08-29

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Durham, C. J. (concurring in part, dissenting in part) — The United States Supreme Court has never overturned a criminal conviction based on the defense of outrageous government conduct. Neither has any Washington court. That is so because the threshold for proving outrageous conduct is high: it must be " 'shocking to the universal sense of justice.’ ” United States v. Russell, <span class=…

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