Author : Richard H. McAdams
Release : 2007
Genre : Defense (Criminal procedure)
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Reforming Entrapment Doctrine in "United States V. Hollingsworth" by : Richard H. McAdams
Download or read book Reforming Entrapment Doctrine in "United States V. Hollingsworth" written by Richard H. McAdams. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This short essay, written for a symposium commemorating Richard Posner's twenty-fifth year as a judge, examines Judge Posner's majority opinion for a closely divided en banc decision on the federal entrapment defense. The cases considers a fundamental issue in the meaning of the element of 'predisposition.' Judge Posner crafts a boldly innovative reading of the Supreme Court precedent on the topic, introducing the element of 'position' or 'readiness' to predisposition. I claim the result, properly understood, is to rationalize the doctrine of entrapment.