Emerson v. Baker

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• reasoning that entrapment constitutes an affirmative defense in part because “only the accused possesses the actual knowledge concerning his predisposition to commit the offense”
• it is not unfair to require the accused to adduce evidence supporting his alleged lack of predisposition to commit the charged offenses, in support of his affirmative defense of entrapment
• it is not unfair to require the accused to adduce evidence supporting his alleged lack of predisposition to commit the charged offenses, in support of his affirmative defense of entrapment
• when a defendant asserts the defense of entrapment, the government is entitled to proffer evidence that the defendant is predisposed to committing the offense, including \the accused's previous involvement in criminal activity of the nature charged\

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