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California Courts of Appeal

Dec. 13, 2013

Student used as bait in a drug sting can keep $1 million verdict

A state court of appeal has affirmed an award for a student who school administrators used as bait in a drug sting when he was 12.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A state court of appeal has affirmed a $1 million award for a student who school administrators used as bait in a drug sting when he was just 12 years old.


In 2009, school administrators gave the student $5 and instructed him to buy marijuana from another student, who was 14. The administrators didn't notify the student's parents or law enforcement.


The idea was conceived by the dea...

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