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The Forgotten Constitutional Right To Present A Defense And Its Impact On The Acceptance Of Responsibility-Entrapment Debate, Katrice L. Bridges
The Forgotten Constitutional Right To Present A Defense And Its Impact On The Acceptance Of Responsibility-Entrapment Debate, Katrice L. Bridges
Michigan Law Review
This Note argues that Section 3El.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 3El.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 …
In Defense Of The Outrageous Government Conduct Defense In The Federal Courts, Dana M. Todd
In Defense Of The Outrageous Government Conduct Defense In The Federal Courts, Dana M. Todd
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Clearing The Path For An Entrapment Defense, Paul V. Hibberd
Clearing The Path For An Entrapment Defense, Paul V. Hibberd
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.