entrapment
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 287 U.S. 435 - Sorrells v. United States · 1932Most cited · 4,296 citing opinions
A different question is presented when the criminal design originates with the officials of the government, and they implant in the mind of an innocent person the disposition to commit the alleged offense and induce its commission in order that they may prosecute.
How often courts cite the case defining “entrapment”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “entrapment” — 4,296 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1932–1932
The defense is available, not in the view that the accused though guilty may go free, but that the government cannot be permitted to contend that he is guilty of a crime where the government officials are the instigators of his conduct.
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