Legal Opinion
United States v. Roett
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 26, 1949No. Nos. 9836, 9846PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Chief Judge.
Only one point is presented by the instant appeals. The defendant, Roett, asserts that he was entrapped by federal officers into violations of laws of -the United States.1 We shall state only the facts necessary for a decision. Roett is a member of the bar -of New Jersey. At some -time in 1944 Roett, employing the name Johnson, had come to see Kell, a farmer, to ask him if he, Kell, would lease part of -a farm, which Kell had just purchased at Allen wood, -to him. Nothing -came of this original meeting. About two years later, early in 1946, Roett again -came to see Kell and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Trupiano v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Newman v. StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1924
- United States v. BrandenburgCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
- United States v. TrupianoDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1947
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- United States v. ClarkeDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1963
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