Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas C. Tobias
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 30, 1981No. 80-7561PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
We again examine the extent to which the government may become involved in a criminal enterprise without being found guilty of entrapment or having its conduct declared so outrageous as to violate a criminal defendant’s due process rights under the fifth amendment. Finding the government’s conduct in this case to be within lawful bounds, we affirm, but remand for resentencing.
FACTS
In order to pursue undercover investigations of clandestine laboratory operators, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), established a chemical supply company in a mid-western state which…
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