In re Adelman

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that not allowing inconsistent defenses will lead to the defendant \yielding ... his right to have the Government prove the elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt\
• overruling and disapproving of all authority in the ninth \circuit that relies on Eastman and its progeny\
• “inconsistency theory” not applicable where defendant does not take stand because defendant has not denied the crime
• while defendant may both deny committing the offense and claim entrapment, “the high risks to him make it unlikely as a strategic matter that he will choose to do so”
• “The rule in favor of inconsistent defenses reflects the belief of modern criminal jurisprudence that a criminal defendant should be accorded every reasonable protection in defending himself against governmental prosecution.”
• \The rule in favor of inconsistent defenses reflects the belief of modern criminal jurisprudence that a criminal defendant should be accorded every reasonable protection in defending himself against governmental prosecution.\

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