Legal Opinion · Dissent

Philip S. Branson v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided September 22, 1961No. 16161_1Published

1DissentEdgerton, Circuit Judge

Agents of the Narcotics Bureau procured the commission of the narcotics offenses of which the appellant has been convicted. This court has held that a conviction so obtained may be valid if it appears that the agents had a “reasonable suspicion” that the defendant was predisposed to commit the offenses. Childs v. United States, 105 U.S.App.D.C. 342, 343, 267 F.2d 619, 620. But in my opinion this does not appear in this case and the conviction should be reversed.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Joseph H. Green v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
  2. James H. Childs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959