Legal Opinion
United States v. Rene M. Pion
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 1, 1994No. 93-1193PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
After a two-week trial, Rene Pion was convicted on three cocaine-related charges and sentenced to concurrent mandatory minimum ten-year prison terms, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § SMlbKlKAXii).1 We address each of Pion’s appellate claims.
A. Entrapment
Without challenging the jury instruction on entrapment, Pion contends that the evidence compelled jury acceptance of his entrapment defense. We therefore inquire whether a rational jury could have found, beyond a reasonable doubt, either that he was predisposed to commit the particular crime charged or that the government did not…
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