PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. S108309.

7 Cal.Rptr.3d 559 (2003)

80 P.3d 662

31 Cal.4th 1207

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Edaleene Sherrie SMITH et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

December 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip I. Bronson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Encino, for Defendant and Appellant Edaleene Sherrie Smith.

Maxine Weksler, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Agoura Hills, for Defendant and Appellant Waymond Thomas.

Stephen Gilbert, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and William Flenniken, Jr., under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Obed Gonzalez.

Charles D. Weisselberg and John T. Philipsborn, San Francisco, for California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Jaime L. Fuster, Donald De Nicola and Michael C. Keller, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


BROWN, J.

In our order granting the petitions for review in this case, we limited the issues to be briefed and argued to: (1) Whether the doctrine of "sentencing entrapment" recognized in some federal cases (see, e.g., United States v. Staufer (9th Cir.1994) 38 F.3d 1103 (Staufer)) affords a defense to charged drug offenses or enhancements in state court; and (2) whether...

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