Nature of the Case
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Facts
A DEA informant, Bugsy, had consensual telephone monitored conversations with Burrows (D). Bugsy offered to put D in touch with a prospective buyer who wished to purchase five pounds of meth. The buyer was a DEA agent. D went to his source, Rodriguez and got five pounds of meth and went to the exchange and was arrested. Immediately upon his arrest D professed that he was working undercover for the Riverside County Deputy Sheriff, Kenneth Vann, in order to arrest Rodriguez. D then offered to lure Rodriguez to the location with a story that the deal was going to fall apart because the buyers had not brought enough money. Rodriguez arrived with two companions to negotiate. They were arrested. D continued to cooperate with the government, but the government did not believe D's story and prosecuted D with the others. The deputy appeared at trial and disclaimed the fact that D was working for him but did state that he had meet with D and discussed that possibility. The jury was instructed on the defense of public authority. D was convicted, and D appealed; he could only make out a defense of public authority if he reasonably believed that he was acting pursuant to police authority.
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