Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 9, 1984No. 02297PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MONTEMURO, Judge:
This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County. Because we find entrapment as a matter of law, we reverse.
On May 1, 1981, appellant, Russell Thompson, a former Carlisle policeman, was arrested and charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a small amount of marijuana1 and one count of criminal conspiracy.2 Appellant was con*334victed by a jury on both counts on September 23, 1981. After his post-verdict motions requesting a new trial or an arrest of judgment were denied, he was sentenced on the drug conviction to a term of…
2Cases cited16 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
- State v. MullenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
- Commonwealth v. HerronSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MarionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Commonwealth v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Commonwealth v. ManceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Commonwealth v. BenchinoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Commonwealth v. LindenmuthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
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