Witch Doctors and Battleship Stalkers: The Edges of Exculpation in Entrapment Cases

This Note examines the effects of a defendant's claim of lack of positional disposition (i.e., the inability to commit the crime unaided) to support an entrapment defense. The solution to the positional predisposition dispute requires answering two questions. First, on what grounds should crimi...

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Main Author: Preis, John F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 1999
In:Year: 1999
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