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State v. Talbot

Citations

  • 364 A.2d 9
  • 71 N.J. 160
  • 1976 N.J. LEXIS 145

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  • indicating that section 2C:2-12 of the Proposed New Jersey Penal Code at that time did not conform to the objective entrapment test that the Court was espousing
  • indicating that section 2C:2-12 of the Proposed New Jersey Penal Code at that time did not conform to the objective entrapment test that the Court was espousing
  • evidence of previous guilty plea to charge of illegal possession of narcotics admissible to show predisposition to sell narcotics when entrapment defense raised
  • “government properly may use artifice to trap unwary criminals, particularly in its efforts to stamp out drug traffic.”
  • defense of entrapment is \bottomed on the principle of fundamental fairness\
  • dealing with evidence relating to affirmative defense of diminished capacity

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Judges: Sullivan, Schreibek

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