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U.S. v. Russell, No. 71-1585 (U.S. Supreme Court) (411 U.S. 423; 93 S.Ct. 1637) (April 24, 1973) (Justice Rehnquist)

Case held that an agent's infiltration into a drug-making opertation did not violate due process because participation in a criminal enterprise by Government agents is a "reocognized and permissible means of investigation.".

Effectively, in this decision the Court ruled out the possibility that the defense of entrapment could ever be …

 

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