Legal Opinion
United States v. Gifford
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 1, 1994No. 93-1645PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted defendant-appellant William L. Gifford on a charge of illicit receipt of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2) (1988). 1 The district court imposed an 18-month incarcerative sentence. Gifford appeals both the conviction and the sentence.
Appellant’s principal argument requires us to probe the dimensions of the entrapment doctrine in the aftermath of Jacobson v. United States, — U.S. -, 112 S.Ct. 1535, 118 L.Ed.2d 174 (1992). When all is said and done, we find ourselves unpersuaded either by appellant’s argument on entrapment or by his…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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- Osborne v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by157 opinions
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- McCarthy v. AzureCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
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