This Comment discusses the theory of sentence entrapment and the application of the defense. Part II provides the reader with a general overview of the events leading up to the adoption of the guidelines and the manner in which they operate.10 Part III discusses the effect of the guidelines\u27 quantity-based approach to criminal investigations. Part IV describes the role of the traditional entrapment defense, and Part V details the development of the sentence entrapment defense. Part VI analyzes the viability of the sentence entrapment defense, suggesting possible successful methods for raising the defense, and discusses the harms caused by the continued existence of sentence entrapmen
The task of this Article is to assess the competing approaches that circuit courts have taken in def...
Since 1932, the defense of entrapment has been firmly established in the federal courts; however, th...
This essay analyzes emerging trends in entrapment law, and is the first to describe the declining nu...
This Note argues that sentence manipulation should be a legally viable partial defense - a defense t...
Consider the following scenario:\u27 The police conduct an under- cover sting operation targeting dr...
In the realm of undercover work, law enforcement has broad discretion to define the contours of a cr...
The defense of entrapment is unique since the defendant necessarily concedes the commission of a cri...
In Jacobson v. United States, the Supreme Court narrowed the types of evidence that the prosecution ...
The entrapment defense has been used to provide a check on government investigation of criminal acti...
Certain types of criminal activity are consensual and covert. Hence they are virtually undetectable ...
In the United States, a criminal defendant can show himself to be not guilty of the crime of which h...
The federal law of procedure in entrapment cases is in profound disarray. Despite four attempts over...
This Comment addresses whether the intent of the federal sentencing system is defeated when prosecut...
The ever increasing rise in so-called victimless crimes has been accompanied by a corresponding incr...
The central innovation of the guidelines sentencing revolution has been the creation of a regime in ...
The task of this Article is to assess the competing approaches that circuit courts have taken in def...
Since 1932, the defense of entrapment has been firmly established in the federal courts; however, th...
This essay analyzes emerging trends in entrapment law, and is the first to describe the declining nu...
This Note argues that sentence manipulation should be a legally viable partial defense - a defense t...
Consider the following scenario:\u27 The police conduct an under- cover sting operation targeting dr...
In the realm of undercover work, law enforcement has broad discretion to define the contours of a cr...
The defense of entrapment is unique since the defendant necessarily concedes the commission of a cri...
In Jacobson v. United States, the Supreme Court narrowed the types of evidence that the prosecution ...
The entrapment defense has been used to provide a check on government investigation of criminal acti...
Certain types of criminal activity are consensual and covert. Hence they are virtually undetectable ...
In the United States, a criminal defendant can show himself to be not guilty of the crime of which h...
The federal law of procedure in entrapment cases is in profound disarray. Despite four attempts over...
This Comment addresses whether the intent of the federal sentencing system is defeated when prosecut...
The ever increasing rise in so-called victimless crimes has been accompanied by a corresponding incr...
The central innovation of the guidelines sentencing revolution has been the creation of a regime in ...
The task of this Article is to assess the competing approaches that circuit courts have taken in def...
Since 1932, the defense of entrapment has been firmly established in the federal courts; however, th...
This essay analyzes emerging trends in entrapment law, and is the first to describe the declining nu...