United States v. Dean A. Evans and Eric K. Johnson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that if the defendant “was indeed entrapped, it is irrelevant that the entrapment was so effective as to make him not only a willing but an eager participant”
• explaining that if the defendant “was indeed entrapped, it is irrelevant that the entrapment was so effective as to make him not only a willing but an eager participant”
• discussing government’s offer of a source of supply for drugs as an ordinary opportunity
• “When a person accepts a criminal offer without being offered extraordinary inducements, he demonstrates his predisposition to commit the type of crime involved.”
• “Given Evans’ propensities, it is probable that if the informant had not offered Evans a chance to buy marijuana in bulk, someone else would have done so, and that Evans would have accepted the offer.... ”
• “second thoughts following initial enthusiasm do not establish entrapment”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).