predisposition

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6797 Mark Steven Domingo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied IFP criminal-law due-process entrapment inducement predisposition similar-crimes When a defendant raises an entrapment defense, must the government disprove entrapment
23-6480 Joseph D. Jones v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-01-12 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-defense entrapment-defense entrapment-doctrine exceptional-national-importance first-amendment government-manufacturing government-manufacturing-criminals predisposition Whether this Court's review of the entrapment doctrine is necessary
22-6601 Rick Benavides v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process entrapment evidence-admissibility government-inducement law-enforcement-conduct predisposition social-media Whether predisposition to defeat an entrapment defense may be proved by the government using statements found on Petitioner's phone that were created …
22-6039 Jonathan Francis Kimbrell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-solicitation due-process entrapment entrapment-defense federal-criminal-law internet-crimes law-enforcement-conduct predisposition sexual-offense sexual-offenses undercover-operations Was Kimbrell entitled to an entrapment instruction?
21-7444 Fnu John Sadiqullah v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-procedure entrapment entrapment-defense government-agent-conduct inducement jury-instructions predisposition When a defendant requests a jury instruction on the affirmative defense of entrapment, what must be proven by the defendant to be entitled to such ins…
21-6425 Maycol Mendez-Maradiaga v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-activity entrapment government-inducement inconsistent-verdicts jury-verdicts predisposition prior-experience willing-participant Whether the government must show predisposition at the time of inducement in an entrapment case
21-5960 Alexander Davis v. United States Third Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied IFP actus-reus attempt attempt-offense criminal-law criminal-statute entrapment overt-act predisposition substantial-step Whether the requirement of a 'substantial step' can be satisfied by conduct occurring after the alleged attempt has ended
21-5002 Jalil Lemason Robinson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent criminal-intent criminal-law due-process entrapment jury-instruction predisposition sex-trafficking undercover-operation undercover-operations Did the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals err in determining that Mr. Robinson was not entitled to a jury instruction regarding the affirmative defense o…
20-6003 Alvin Celius Andre v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict criminal-procedure entrapment government-intervention jacobson-v-united-states jury-instruction predisposition ready-willingness Whether the Eleventh Circuit's Entrapment Jury Instruction is in Conflict With Jacobson v. United States, 503 U.S. 540 (1992) and the Majority of the …
20-5548 James Michael Hood v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-predisposition digital-inducement digital-relationships due-process entrapment entrapment-defense law-enforcement-sting minor-enticement predisposition sting-operation Whether, when the government has induced a person to break the law and the defense of entrapment is at issue, the government need only show that its i…
18-1443 Nicholas Young v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied civil-rights constitutional-activity constitutional-rights criminal-defendant-rights criminal-procedure due-process entrapment entrapment-defense free-speech material-support predisposition predisposition-evidence prior-activity similar-crime terrorist-organization thought-crime white-nationalism Whether evidence of a criminal defendant's prior, constitutionally protected activity may be admitted to prove the predisposition element of the entra…