ANDERSON v. STATE

No. 41, September Term, 2004.

867 A.2d 1040 (2005)

385 Md. 123

Jesse ANDERSON v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 9, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian M. Saccenti, Asst. Public Defender, Julia Doyle Bernhardt, Asst. Public Defender (Nancy S. Forster, Public Defender, on brief), for petitioner.

Mary Ann Ince, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on brief), for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and GREENE, JJ.


WILNER, J.

There is substantial evidence that petitioner, Jesse Anderson, sold heroin to two undercover Baltimore City detectives. The question is whether, because of the way the State chose to proceed in the case, Anderson may be prosecuted for those offenses. The answer is "no."

BACKGROUND

Anderson was the target of a sting operation conducted by Detectives Clasing, Barnes, and Butler. The operational scenario, as described by Detective...

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