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Mathews v. U.S., No. 86-6109 (U.S. Supreme Court) (485 U.S. 58; 108 S.Ct. 883) (February 24, 1988) (Justice Rehnquist)

Here the Court held that a defendant may be entitled to a jury instruction on the affirmative defense of entrapment even if he denies one or more of the elements of the crime - an issue on which the Circuits had previously been split.

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