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Fighting the Stash House Sting
The stash house sting — in which an undercover officer or an informant recruits suspects to “rob” a fictional location where drug dealers allegedly keep large amounts of drugs — is increasingly used by both state and federal law enforcement. Law professor and former county public defender Katharine Tinto describes the various tools and claims defense attorneys can use to fight these stash house cases.