United States v. Richard M. Mahkimetas

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• holding that 801(d)(2)(E) does not apply in cases where there is a single criminally motivated person and a government informant because a conspiracy cannot exist between them
• no error in admitting statements from one conspirator in the absence of the other conspirator when a conspiracy is demonstrated by a preponderance of the evi- dence
• “[t]o show improper in- ducement, a defendant must put forth evidence showing that he would not have committed the crime had the particular attraction or lure that the government held out not existed” (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)

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