Whether the government must show predisposition at the time of inducement in an entrapment case

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. In an entrapment case where the defendant has met his burden on the threshold element of inducement, may the government establish predisposition merely by showing that the defendant had some remote prior experience with drug activity, or must the government show that the defendant was an eager and willing participant at the time the government’s course of inducement began? 2. Whether United States v. Powell, 469 U.S. 57 (1984) — which insulated criminal convictions from review on the ground that the jury had returned irreconcilably inconsistent verdicts — should be overruled. i INTERESTED PARTIES Pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 14.1(b)@), Mr. Mendez Maradiaga submits that there are no