U.S. v. Smith, No. 90-1751 (1st Cir.) (940 F.2d 710) (July 16, 1991) (Judge Levin H. Campbell)
Here the Court outlined the burdens of proof that a defendant must meet to assert and prove successfully a defense of entrapment by estoppel.
The Court held that a defendant must establish (1) that a government official told him that the act was legal; (2) that he relied on the …
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