Legal Opinion
United States v. Brand
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 19, 2006No. Docket No. 05-4155-CRPublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WESLEY, Circuit Judge.
This case requires careful consideration of the affirmative defense of entrapment. Under the entrapment doctrine, “[government agents may not originate a criminal design, implant in an innocent person’s mind the disposition to commit a criminal act, and then induce commission of the crime so that the Government may prosecute.” Jacobson v. United States, 503 U.S. 540, 548, 112 S.Ct. 1535, 118 L.Ed.2d 174 (1992). If the government undertakes such measures, the “stealth and strategy” of particular criminal investigations can, under certain circumstances, become “as…
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