173 Ind. App. 63 - Whitham v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
July 1983
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Russell · Sorrells v. United States · Sherman v. United States · Hardin v. State · Walker v. State
Most-quoted passages
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““predicated on an unexpressed intent of Congress to exclude from its criminal statutes the prosecution and conviction of persons, ‘otherwise innocent’, who have been lured to the commission of the prohibited act through the Government’s instigation. The key phrase in this formulation is ‘otherwise innocent’ for the entrapment defense is available under this approach only to those who would not have committed the crime but for the Government’s inducements. Thus, the subjective approach focuses on the conduct and propensities of the particular defendant in each individual case.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Baird v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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