Sorrells v. U.S., No. 177 (U.S. Supreme Court) (287 U.S. 435; 53 S.Ct. 210) (December 19, 2032) (Justice Hughes)
This is the Supreme Court's seminal decision on entrapment, and it held that law enforcement officers, in their zeal to prosecute crimes, may not instigate the crime when the person has no predisposition to commit the crime.
This is the first case in which the Supreme Court recognized the defense ...
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