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· 4/28/1989

United States v. Martin David Johnson

Citations

  • 872 F.2d 612
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 6524
  • 1989 WL 40652

How courts have described this case

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

  • reviewing instruction as a whole and holding that instruction on defense theory of entrapment was adequate
  • initiation of scheme by government did not preclude finding of predisposition where defendant took active and enthusiastic part in the plan
  • “When a defendant properly requests an instruction on a theory of defense that is supported by some evidence, it is reversible error not to adequately present the theory.”
  • Testimony of single witness sufficient to establish extrinsic offense.

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Judges: Rubin, Politz, Johnson

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