United States v. Neil Patrick Coady

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• rejecting assignment of error based on lack of entrapment instruction after defense counsel represented to trial court that entrapment was \not an issue in this case\
• refusing to countenance a defendant's attempt to retreat from his attorney's express representation
• same; evidence merely showed that the government informant created a criminal opportunity “and sweetened the pot with an offer of payment.’’
• defense must prove more than mere solicitation to be entitled to an entrapment defense
• “mere solicitation” by government actors, without more, does not comprise entrapment
• \That counsel may have discoursed upon the nature of his theory at some time prior to the giving of the charge will not excuse noncompliance with the express mandates of Rule 30.\

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