United States v. McGlenn

Opinion of the Court

HoMer Ferguson, Judge:

The accused stands convicted of the offenses of wrongfully possessing and using marihuana. He seeks reversal of the conviction of wrongful possession based on a claim of illegal entrapment by Government agents. We granted review, limited to the following issues:

1. Whether the evidence of inducement of the accused by a Government agent to purchase marihuana cigarettes for the agent required the prosecution to rebut this by proof of excuse for such inducement.

2. Assuming an affirmative answer to the first issue, did the prosecution sustain such burden?

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