355 Pa. Super. 80 - Commonwealth v. Clapps’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) General rule. — A public law enforcement official or a person acting in cooperation with such an official perpetrates an entrapment if for the purpose of obtaining evidence of the commission of an offense, he induces or encourages another person to engage in conduct constituting such offense by either: (1) making knowingly false representations designed to induce the belief that such conduct is not prohibited; or (2) employing methods of persuasion or inducement which create a substantial risk that such an offense will be committed by persons other than those who are ready to commit it. (b) Burden of proof. — Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person prosecuted for an offense shall be acquitted if he proves by a preponderance of evidence that his conduct occurred in response to an entrapment.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Weiskerger · 413 Pa. Super. 397 - Commonwealth v. Dukeman

2. “[T]he use of a young, blond female to coax a middle aged male after months of kissing and socializing, into committing a minor crime is not police conduct which presents the “mere opportunity” to commit a crime. As this case clearly shows, opportunity and inducement are two separate consequences of police activity. The latter occurred here.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 357 Pa. Super. 442 - Commonwealth v. Frank