Legal Opinion
Sherman v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 19, 1958No. 87PublishedCited by 1,501 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren
The issue before us is whether petitioner’s conviction should be set aside on the ground that as a matter of law the defense of entrapment was established. Petitioner was convicted under an indictment charging three sales of narcotics in violation of 21 U. S. C. § 174. A previous conviction had been reversed on account of improper instructions as to the issue of entrapment. 200 F. 2d 880. In the second trial, as in the first, petitioner’s defense was *371a claim of entrapment: an agent of the Federal Government induced him to take part in illegal transactions when otherwise he would not have done…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- United States v. ShermanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Butts v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1921
- United States v. SawyerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- Cratty v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by1,501 opinions
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- Lewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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