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U.S. v. Estrada, No. 00-2647 (7th Cir.) (256 F.3d 466) (June 22, 2001) (Judge Joel L. Flaum)

Loaded on June 1, 2001 published in Punch and Jurists June 25, 2001
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Informants and Paid Witnesses.

Here the Court rejected claims of outrageous government misconduct and sentencing entrapment based on the Government's use of a highly paid confidential informant who received, as a contingent fee, 25% of the cash in cases where a conviction was obtained.

Periodically, cases come to light in which informants …

 

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