Drug Trafficking
Sam was set up by a confidential informant to sell more than over an ounce of cocaine. Sam was alleged to have appeared at the arranged sale location with the cocaine – police moved in to arrest him. Through our investigation, we learned that this confidential informant had previously falsely set up another man in another jurisdiction. We discovered that, in this other case, the informant had driven to a horse supply store and purchased material that appeared to have the consistency of methamphetamine. The informant then set a man up with fake methamphetamine. When we tried Sam's case to a jury, we brought this information to light and the prosecution had little choice but to dismiss the trafficking charge against Sam.