U.S. v. Bradfield, No. 94-60730 (5th Cir.) (103 F.3d 1207) (January 9, 1997) (Judge Jacques L. Jr. Weiner)
Loaded on Feb. 1, 1997
published in Punch and Jurists
February 17, 1997
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This is a rare but important case in which a conviction was reversed because the trial court (a) failed to give an entrapment instruction as requested by the defense and (b) failed to instruct the jury specifically on the necessity of evaluating the credibility of a Government witness informant who …
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