United States v. Felix Rodriguez

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• holding that if a defendant identifies record evidence from which a jury could conclude that the defendant was entrapped, the government must bear the burden of proving that no entrapment occurred
• stating that the absence of a criminal record or known links to criminal activity could show the accused’s lack of predisposition to engage in illegal conduct
• noting that “[o]nce the defense is properly in the case, the government is obligated to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that no entrapment occurred” and that “the defense fails if the jury is persuaded beyond reasonable doubt that either [element] is lacking in a particular case”
• considering evidence of the defendant's responses to improper inducement because \later events often may shed light on earlier motivations\
• affirming district court’s refusal to grant an entrapment instruction because appellant “provided no evidence of improper inducement adequate to satisfy his entry-level burden of production.”
• stating the “bedrock” view that “the defense of entrapment stands on no different footing than most other theories of criminal defense”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).