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Toward An Expanded View Of The Due Process Claim In Entrapment Cases, Paul Marcus Sep 2019

Toward An Expanded View Of The Due Process Claim In Entrapment Cases, Paul Marcus

Paul Marcus

No abstract provided.


The Fall And Rise Of The Entrapment Defense, Paul Marcus Sep 2019

The Fall And Rise Of The Entrapment Defense, Paul Marcus

Paul Marcus

No abstract provided.


The Entrapment Defense: An Interview, Paul Marcus Sep 2019

The Entrapment Defense: An Interview, Paul Marcus

Paul Marcus

No abstract provided.


The Entrapment Defense And Procedural Issues: Burden Of Proof, Questions Of Law And Fact, Inconsistent Defenses, Paul Marcus Sep 2019

The Entrapment Defense And Procedural Issues: Burden Of Proof, Questions Of Law And Fact, Inconsistent Defenses, Paul Marcus

Paul Marcus

Paul Marcus has produced an extremely thorough article on the intriguing and complex defense of entrapment. After analyzing the subjective and objective approaches to the defense, the author turns to the infrequently addressed question of evidence on predisposition. Included here are the recent ABSCAM cases.

Finally, the author explores the vagaries of inconsistent defenses and, on the whole, provides academics and practitioners with a refreshing and useful guide to some of the most important questions involving entrapment.


The Development Of Entrapment Law, Paul Marcus Sep 2019

The Development Of Entrapment Law, Paul Marcus

Paul Marcus

No abstract provided.


The Challenge Of Prosecuting Organized Crime In The United States: Procedural Issues, Paul Marcus Sep 2019

The Challenge Of Prosecuting Organized Crime In The United States: Procedural Issues, Paul Marcus

Paul Marcus

No abstract provided.


Proving Entrapment Under The Predisposition Test, Paul Marcus Sep 2019

Proving Entrapment Under The Predisposition Test, Paul Marcus

Paul Marcus

No abstract provided.


Presenting, Back From The [Almost] Dead, The Entrapment Defense, Paul Marcus Sep 2019

Presenting, Back From The [Almost] Dead, The Entrapment Defense, Paul Marcus

Paul Marcus

No abstract provided.


Investigatory Practices And The Changing Entrapment Defense, Paul Marcus Sep 2019

Investigatory Practices And The Changing Entrapment Defense, Paul Marcus

Paul Marcus

No abstract provided.


The Case For The Third-Party Doctrine, Orin S. Kerr Jul 2019

The Case For The Third-Party Doctrine, Orin S. Kerr

Orin Kerr

This Article offers a defense of the Fourth Amendment's third party doctrine, the controversial rule that information loses Fourth Amendment protection when it is knowingly revealed to a third party. Fourth Amendment scholars have repeatedly attacked the rule on the ground that it is unpersuasive on its face and gives the government too much power This Article responds that critics have overlooked the benefits of the rule and have overstated its weaknesses. The third-party doctrine serves two critical functions. First, the doctrine ensures the technological neutrality of the Fourth Amendment. It corrects for the substitution effect of third parties that …


The Forgotten Constitutional Right To Present A Defense And Its Impact On The Acceptance Of Responbilility-Entrapment Debate, Katrice Copeland Feb 2016

The Forgotten Constitutional Right To Present A Defense And Its Impact On The Acceptance Of Responbilility-Entrapment Debate, Katrice Copeland

Katrice Bridges Copeland

This Note argues that Section 3E1.1 of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines must be interpreted to allow defendants who claim entrapment at trial to remain eligible for the acceptance-of-responsibility adjustment. To interpret Section 3E1.1 in any other way would run afoul of defendants' constitutional right to present a defense. Part I argues that the entrapment defense does not put factual guilt at issue; instead the entrapment defense challenges whether the statute should apply to the defendant's conduct. Part II contends that the legislative intent in creating the sentencing guidelines in general and the acceptance-of-responsibility adjustment in particular are furthered by requiring …