CRIMINAL LAW- Entrapment Defense- Jury Entitled to Disbelieve a Defendant's Unrebutted Test

Authors

Alex CalabreseFollow

Keywords

crime, predisposition, prosecution

Abstract

Article summarizes United States v. Townsend and argues that a defendant’s wiliness and enthusiasm in carrying out the commission of a crime is irrelevant to the issue of whether the defendant was initially predisposed to commit the offense.

Recommended Citation

Alex Calabrese, CRIMINAL LAW- Entrapment Defense- Jury Entitled to Disbelieve a Defendant's Unrebutted Test, 6 Fordham Urb. L.J. 427 (1978).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ulj/vol6/iss2/12