Legal Opinion
Fisher v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 3, 1975No. 897, September Term, 1974PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
The Defense of Entrapment
When the law of entrapment comes to an appellate court the case invariably presents questions not only of the substantive law, but of procedure for applying that law to the evidence in the case.
In Simmons v. State, 8 Md. App. 355, 259 A. 2d 814 (1969), Judge (now Chief Judge) Orth, for this Court, wrote a comprehensive review, both of the substantive law relating to the defense of entrapment, and of the correct procedures for applying that law. We cited and discussed cases in which the Court of Appeals had expressed itself on the subject. We noted that that Court had…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Williams v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968
- United States v. ShermanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Evans v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- Tripp v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1977
- Dravo v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1980
- Bowser v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- Sparks v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1992
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