501 So. 2d 568 - Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “"The defense of entrapment is not available where a law enforcement officer does not induce the commission of the offense but merely affords an opportunity to one who already intends to violate the law. Owens v. State , 291 Ala. 107 , 278 So.2d 693 (1973); Watson v. State , 439 So.2d 762 (Ala.Cr.App. 1983). For the prospective buyer of contraband to make the initial contact with the trafficker is not an 'inducement' as is contemplated in the definitions of the defense of entrapment. A drug transaction may be initiated by an undercover agent without a defendant's being 'instigated, induced, or lured' as those words are generally used in the definition of the defense of entrapment."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 548 So. 2d 573 - McCray v. State

2. “These rules are the law. Therefore, it is the duty of the courts to enforce them and the duty of the bar to conform to them.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Lambert

3. “[t]here was a complete break in the chain of custody.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 562 So. 2d 536 - Hanks v. State