Legal Opinion
State v. Saternus
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided February 4, 1986No. 84-768-CRPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.
This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals 1 which affirmed a judgment and order of the circuit court for Langlade county, James P. Jansen, circuit judge. The question presented is whether the entrapment instruction (Wis JI — Criminal 780) improperly placed the burden of persuasion upon the defendant to prove that he was induced to commit the crime. We conclude that the instruction was correct. We affirm the court of appeals decision.
The substantive crime of which Saternus was convicted was the delivery of a controlled substance, tetrahy-drocannabinols, in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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