United States v. Fred M. Glover

GARLAND, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Fred Glover was convicted and sentenced on multiple charges of distributing crack cocaine, and of doing so within 1000 feet of a school. Glover claimed at trial that he was merely “play-acting” when he sold crack to a government informant. But he also argued in the alternative that, even if he were guilty of distributing crack, .he was “entrapped” by the government into committing the crime. His principal claim on appeal is that the district court erred by failing to give the jury an instruction on his entrapment defense. Glover also contends that: there was…