Court Opinion

ID: 9665381
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 00:46:48.057799+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:15.188088
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VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice,
concurring in the result.
[¶ 18] I believe Hammeren’s argument blending the issues of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and entrapment as a matter of law is the result of the majority opinion in State v. Kummer, 481 N.W.2d 487 (N.D.1992). I concurred specially in Kummer stating:
But rather than confuse what heretofore has been a clear judicial exposition of a clear legislative statute on the law of entrapment by attempting to tug and stretch the concept of entrapment so that it fits our view of the case, I believe we should confront the issue directly and declare that as a matter of public policy we will not sustain a conviction obtained by intolerable conduct on the part of law enforcement agents, notwithstanding the entrapment statute. That is a neater and more candid position for this court.
Kummer, at 445 (VandeWalle, J., concurring speciallyXfootnote omitted).
[¶ 19] I adhere to that rationale in this case. However, for the reasons stated by Justice Kapsner at ¶ 15 of the majority opinion, I agree the action on the part of law enforcement was not intolerable conduct in this instance.
[¶ 20] GERALD W. VANDE WALLE, C.J.