Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Thomas Jenkins
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1973No. 72-2080PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALFRED T. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Robert Thomas Jenkins, a member of the Arizona bar, was apprehended in the act of loading 430 pounds of marijuana into a friend’s pickup truck at the Win-slow, Arizona, airport. He appeals the resulting convictions of conspiracy to import and illegal possession under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 952(a), and 960(a) d).
Jenkins asserts five major points, but none requires reversal.
Conceding that the entrapment defense is not available in its classic form, Jenkins nonetheless asserts that “an intolerable degree of government participation” in the crime renders his…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Earl D. Greene v. United States of America, John Becker v. United States of America, Mike A. Thomas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- James H. Ellis, Jr. v. United States of America, Alfred M. Watkins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- James v. Earl v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Stellas v. EsperdySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. Richard RussellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by39 opinions
- United States v. Julio PiccinonnaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Dominic AlessioCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- State v. FainIdaho Supreme Court · 1989
- In re DaleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Robert BenvenisteCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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