People v. Gordon

47 Cal.App.3d 465 (1975)

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Nature of the Case

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Facts

D was an attorney at law and shared office space with another practitioner Mr. Bane. D contacted Mr. Bane and stated that she knew where there was a two- or three-pound quantity of cocaine to be seized. She inquired whether Officer Stanley would be interested and whether he could be trusted. D called Officer Stanley arranged to meet. D told the officer that she had a client who 'wanted someone taken care of.' The officer asked her if she meant 'killed' and she replied 'no' that she meant 'discredited.' She identified the person whom her client wanted discredited as Monroe Richman, a member of the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees. She stated that her client was highly politically oriented and that he, the client, had inquired of her if it could be arranged to have Mr. Richman 'planted' with a quantity of narcotics and then arrested. D said she was in it for the money. D offered to provide Officer Stanley with information upon which to arrest a person in possession of two or three pounds of cocaine and then asked if it would be possible to take a portion of that seized cocaine and plant it on Mr. Richman. Officer Stanley replied that it was possible. D indicated that 'it might be worth around $10,000.' The officer also recorded conversations with D. Eventually D told the officer that she had decided not to be a party to this scheme, that she felt she had a political career ahead of her and she did not want to take a chance on ruining that career. D refused to introduce the officer to her client who originally proposed the scheme. D was indicted for solicitation of a bribe. D was convicted and appealed. D contends that she never solicited the officer but was 'merely feeling out' the officer.