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Mar022011

State v. Cannon (4th District Court of Appeals, March 2nd, 2011)

Police misconduct was sufficiently egregious so as to violate defendant's due process rights and to warrant dismissal of possession charge; as depicted in video, defendant was heard saying “give me some love,” and while undercover agent believed that defendant was asking for cocaine, defendant did not make that specific request, and officers could just have easily offered defendant money or food, but, instead, they chose to offer him crack cocaine, an illegal, highly addictive drug, and defendant was then permitted to leave with the substance, and police did not arrest him for another three weeks.