LAWS 2302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7.3: Inherent Jurisdiction
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In 1980, norman mack was arrested and charged with drug trafficking. At the trial he testified that over a six-month period momotiuk, a drug user, had asked mack several times to provide him with drugs. Mack, who had a number of previous drug convictions, gave up narcotics in 1979, and he did not wish to return to his former lifestyle. Mack was unaware that momotiuk was a police informer. Momotiuk continued to ask mack to get him some drugs. On one occasion, while he and mack were walki(cid:374)g i(cid:374) a re(cid:373)ote part of the woods, he produ(cid:272)ed a pistol a(cid:374)d sayi(cid:374)g, (cid:862)a perso(cid:374) (cid:272)ould get lost. (cid:863) Mack testified he felt threatened by that remark: on another occasion, momotiuk asked mack to come to a hotel. Mack testified he went to the hotel because he was terrified of momotiuk. At the hotel, mack met other members of an illegal drug syndicate.
