· 12/8/2006
United States v. James H. Giffen
Citations
- 473 F.3d 30
- 98 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 8124
- 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 30367
- 2006 WL 3544862
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- addressing, inter alia, Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12.3, which governs the notice requirement for a defendant’s assertion of a public authority-defense, and defendant’s criminal indictment for violations of several federal statutes
- where official encouraged defendant to continue with his informant activities, the former had not authorized the defendant to commit illegal conduct not mentioned in the previous disclosures
- “when the government, by its own actions, induced him to do those acts ...”
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Judges: Walker, Leval, Sotomayor
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