What are the elements of the defense of entrapment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Boling, 958 F.2d 378 (9th Cir. 1992):
The defense of entrapment has two elements. The government must induce the crime and the defendant must not have a predisposition to commit the crime. Matthews v. United States, 485 U.S. 58, 62-63 (1988). For the defense to prevail on appeal, the jury's findings on both elements must be erroneous.
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