Legal Opinion

United States v. David Bueno

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 18, 1971No. 30252PublishedCited by 123 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

There are two controlling questions on the appeal of this narcotics conviction. 1 The first is whether there is entrapment as a matter of law when a government informer furnishes the narcotics to the defendant for sale to a government agent. The second is whether the government has the duty of coming forward with contrary evidence when the defendant testifies to uncontradicted facts that would constitute entrapment as a matter of law, and there is no evidence to show that his testimony is untrue.

Holding that the uncontradicted facts testified to by defendant constitute a…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. Jack Marrin Williamson and Morris Lee Lowrey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
  4. United States v. Francis William GroesselCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  5. The People v. StrongIllinois Supreme Court · 1961

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3Cited by123 opinions

  1. United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. United States v. William ReyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  3. State v. CarterLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2008
  4. United States v. Roberto Gomez-Rojas, and Michael Rece SutherlinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  5. Evans v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1976

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