Legal Opinion
Polski v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1929No. 8256PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OTIS, District Judge.
In the District Court the plaintiffs in error were convicted of conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act. The defense was entrapment. The trial judge, although requested so . to do, refused to charge the jury that the accused persons might he found not guilty on that theory. The sole contention here is that this was error.
The law as to entrapment is now well defined. In no case has it been better stated than it was stated for this court by Judge Sanborn in Butts v. United States, 273 F. 35, 37:
“It is not denied that, in eases where the criminal intent originates…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Butts v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1921
- Woo Wai v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1915
- Newman v. StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1924
- Jarl v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1927
- Di Salvo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Charles T. Henderson, Jr., George Truitt Robbins and John B. Dees v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- James Whiting v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1963
- O'BRIEN v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1931
- United States v. William R. PerlCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Patricia DealesandroCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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