Legal Opinion
Sorrells v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 19, 1932No. 177PublishedCited by 1,730 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
Defendant was indicted on two counts (1) for possessing and (2) for selling, on July 13, 1930, one-half gallon of whiskey in violation of the National Prohibition Act. He pleaded not guilty. Upon the trial he relied upon the defense of entrapment. The court refused to sustain the defense, denying a motion to direct a verdict in favor of defendant and also refusing to submit the issue of entrapment to the jury. The court ruled that “ as a matter of law ” there was no entrapment. Verdict of guilty followed, motions in arrest, and to set aside the verdict as contrary to the law and the…
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