Appellate Court of Illinois· 9/23/2008

People v. Bonner

Citations

895 N.E.2d 99
385 Ill. App. 3d 141
324 Ill. Dec. 99
2008 Ill. App. LEXIS 934

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inducement to commit drug offense shown where government informant not only furnished the opportunity but solicited “constantly” and overcame the defendant’s refusals by offering sexual favors
once a trier of fact determines that a defendant was induced by the government to commit the offense, the next step is to determine whether the defendant was predisposed to commit the offense
defendant was not predisposed where, among other factors, he was initially unwilling to sell drugs but became willing only after the informant, who was not called to testify, initiated a sexual relationship with him
“[T]he inducement prong is met when the course of criminal conduct for which the defendant was convicted originated in the mind of a government agent who arbitrarily engaged in a relationship with the defendant and purposely encouraged its growth”
\[T]he inducement prong is met when the course of criminal conduct for which the defendant was convicted originated in the mind of a government agent who arbitrarily engaged in a relationship with the defendant and purposely encouraged its growth\

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Judges: O'Malley

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