United States v. Spentz; United States v. Golden, No. 10-10134 (9th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendants appealed from their convictions for conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery; conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and aiding and abetting. Defendants argued that the district court erred in refusing to provide an entrapment instruction to the jury. The court held that there was insufficient evidence presented at trial to support a finding by the jury that defendants were induced by the government to commit the crimes, one of the two necessary elements of entrapment defense. Consequently, the court affirmed and held that the district court did not err by refusing to give the entrapment instruction.
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