United States v. Theagene

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “courts have identified inducement when government agents . . . take ‘actions designed specifically to take advantage of the defendant’s weaknesses’” (quoting United States v. Gutierrez, 343 F.3d 415, 420 (5th Cir. 2003))
• holding defendant entitled to jury instruction on entrapment defense
• evidence that government official did not consider payment to be a bribe is relevant to a finding of no predisposition
• after agreeing to bribe an IRS official, continuing to pay the agreed upon cash amounts was sufficient
• “Evidence of predisposition can include, for example, active, enthusiastic participation or demonstrated expertise in the criminal endeavor.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).