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Jacobson Vs. United States

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 06, 1992

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  1. New York Vs. Ferber US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1982
  2. Stanley Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Apr 07, 1969
  3. United States Vs. Sherman US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1878
  4. Jacobson v. United
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  5. States - 503 U.S. 540 (1992) October Term, 1991 Syllabus Jacobson V. United
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  6. to commit a criminal act, and then induce commission of the crime so that the Government may prosecute. Sorrells v. United
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  7. Sherman v. United
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  8. or the difficulties that laws and law enforcement have encountered in eliminating it. See generally Osborne v. Ohio
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  9. Sorrells v. United
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  10. United States v. Russell
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  11. defendant was disposed to commit the criminal act prior to first being approached by Government agents. United States v. Whoie
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  12. solicitation is irrelevant. See post, at 556-557. The Court rejected these arguments six decades ago in Sorrells v. United
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  13. because the ready commission of the criminal act amply demonstrates the defendant's predisposition. See United States v. Sherman
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  14. this criminal opportunity, it is unlikely that his entrapment defense would have warranted a jury instruction. Mathews v. United
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  15. permissibly infer beyond a reasonable doubt that he was predisposed to commit the crime. I agree. Cf. United States v. Hunt
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  16. United States v. Kaminski
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  17. to engage in criminal activity which was overcome by repeated Government inducement''') (quoting United States v. Reynoso-Ulloa
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  18. and suspicion, but might also shock and offend the uninitiated, or expose minors to suggestive materials. Cf. FCC v. Pacifica
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  19. the time the Government agent first suggested the crime, not when the Government agent first became involved. Sherman v. United
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  20. States, 356 U. S. 369, 372-376 (1958). See also United States v. Williams
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  21. States, 287 U. S. 435 , 442 (1932). Even in Sherman v. United
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  22. United States v. Moncini
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  23. Dun can v. Louisiana
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  24. Syllabus Jacobson V. United
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  25. Osborne v. Ohio
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  26. United States v. Whoie
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  27. See United States v. Sherman
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  28. Mathews v. United
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  29. Cf. United States v. Hunt
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  30. United States v. Reynoso-Ulloa
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  31. Cf. FCC v. Pacifica
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  32. United States v. Williams
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  33. Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton
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