Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the sentence had to be reduced more strongly because an informant helped arrange the drug deal and may have influenced the defendant.
Decisione estratta
The unclear role of the informant had to be taken into account in the defendant's favor, but the established facts showed only a limited facilitation of the offense, so only a slight reduction of the sentence was warranted.
Motivazione estratta
The court held that where covert police involvement merely makes the offense easier without proving that the crime would not otherwise have occurred or would have been less extensive, the reduction in culpability is only minor. The appellate court's factual findings bound the cassation court.