Legal Opinion
United States v. Cecil
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 25, 1996No. 95-3409PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Gerald T. Cecil sold a kilogram of cocaine to a confidential informant working for the government. The government indicted Defendant for distributing a kilogram of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C- § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. At trial, Defendant argued that he was entrapped. The district court instructed the jury on the defense of entrapment and the jury convicted Defendant. On appeal from his conviction, Defendant claims the district court erroneously refused to instruct the jury that the government had to prove that Defendant was predisposed to sell…
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