First Circuit· 7/24/2007

United States v. Teleguz

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492 F.3d 80
2007 WL 2109546

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finding that “sting operations by their nature often involve government manipulation, solicitation, and, at times, deceit”
stating that “merely giving a defendant an opportunity to commit a crime when the government puts forth an enthusiastic and persistent buyer of illicit goods cannot be improper inducement”
\[M]erely giving a defendant an opportunity to commit a crime when the government puts forth an enthusiastic and persistent buyer of illicit goods cannot be improper inducement.\
\Congress could not have intended that its statutes were to be - 21 - enforced by tempting innocent persons into violations.\ (quoting Sherman v. United States, 356 U.S. 369, 372 (1958)). The defense has two prongs: (1) improper government inducement and (2

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Judges: Boudin, Lynch, Lipez

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