Utah Supreme Court· 8/7/1979

State v. Taylor

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599 P.2d 496
1979 Utah LEXIS 884

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stating that the objective view asks whether “the conduct of the government comport[s] with a fair and honorable administration of justice”
discussing and rejecting the use of a defendant’s predisposition to commit a crime under the objective standard for entrapment
finding entrapment where defendant and informant lived together and had sexual relations for approximately three months prior to informant becoming involved with police
“Nothing can be more reprehensible than to induce the commission of crime for the purpose of apprehending and convicting the perpetrator.” (quotations and citation omitted)
comparing the objective and subjective theories of entrapment and noting that the entrapment statute demonstrates “legislative intent to adopt the objective theory of entrapment” and to “specifically reject” the “subjective test”
extreme pleas of illness and sympathy combined with an intimate relationship constituted entrapment

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Judges: Maughan, Hall, Crockett, Wilkins, Stewart

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