Legal Opinion
People v. Williams
New York County Courts
Decided January 30, 1963PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohh J. Walsh, J.
In these two appeals, this court is asked to reassess the so-called “ defense of entrapment doctrine ” as it has been traditionally recognized in New York State in view of the 1932 decision by the United States Supreme Court in Sorrells v. United States (287 U. S. 435) and subsequent cases.
The Williams case involves alleged inducement by a police officer decoy to commit prostitution.
*81The Freeman case involves alleged inducement by a police officer decoy to commit prostitution, which inducement was inspired by information gleaned from a wiretap. It is claimed that the resulting conviction was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States v. ShermanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- People v. ReedNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- People v. . MillsNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
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3Cited by6 opinions
- People v. DonovanNew York Court of Special Session · 1967
- People v. KaeppelSuffolk County District Court · 1973
- People v. Philipson, New York County Courts1969
- Pettalino v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1965
- State Commission for Human Rights v. Harvey Properties, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1966
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