Legal Opinion

People v. Smith

California Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 2003No. S108309PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*1211Opinion

BROWN, J.

In our order granting the petitions for review in this case, we limited the issues to be briefed and argued to: (1) Whether the doctrine of “sentencing entrapment” recognized in some federal cases (see, e.g., United States v. Staufer (9th Cir. 1994) 38 F.3d 1103 (Staufer)) affords a defense to charged drug offenses or enhancements in state court; and (2) whether the federal defense of outrageous governmental conduct (see, e.g., United States v. Bogart (9th Cir. 1986) 783 F.2d 1428 (Bogart)) applies in state courts in addition to the entrapment defense under state law, which…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Hampton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. People v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Kinsella v. United States Ex Rel. SingletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. United States v. RahmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. People v. WilliamsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2009
  2. People v. GuillenCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2014
  3. People v. ClaypoolMichigan Supreme Court · 2004
  4. People v. LowCalifornia Supreme Court · 2010
  5. People v. UribeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2011

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