United States v. Myers

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I. ABSCAM 1209

II. THE SUBJECT CASES 1212

A. U._ S. v. Myers, Errichetti, Johanson and 1212

B. U. S. v. Lederer. 1213

C. U. S. v. Thompson and Murphy. 1213

III. PRETRIAL AND POST-TRIAL PROCEEDINGS 1214

IV. DEFENDANTS’ CLAIMS 1217

A. Claims of the Myers Defendants. 1217

B. Thompson’s Claims. 1218

C. Murphy’s Claims. 1218

D. Lederer’s Claims. 1218

E. Claims of the Government. 1219

V. GENERAL DISCUSSION OF BASIC LEGAL CONCEPTS 1219

A. Entrapment. 1219

B. Outrageousness. 1222

VI. SPECIFIC DISCUSSION OF DEFENDANTS’ CLAIMS 1224

A. General Nature of Abscam. 1224

1. Objective Entrapment and…