State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. John Talbot, III, Defendant-Respondent

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the conviction, holding that entrapment is established as a matter of law when an informant, acting in concert with law enforcement, furnishes contraband for a sale to an undercover officer, even if the informant acted without police knowledge, but found that the evidence did not rise to that level in this case. Justice Schreibek, in a concurring opinion, agreed with the result but argued that the police conduct was not outrageous enough to warrant a matter‑of‑law entrapment finding.