Sherman v. United States

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation gptkb:356_U.S._369
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1958
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:heldBy Government agents may not originate a criminal design, implant in an innocent person's mind the disposition to commit a criminal act, and then induce commission of the crime so that the government may prosecute.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sherman v. United States
gptkbp:legalSubject entrapment
gptkbp:opinionBy gptkb:Earl_Warren
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:James_Sherman
gptkbp:predecessor entrapment jurisprudence in the United States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Sorrells_v._United_States
gptkbp:response gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:subject gptkb:crime
entrapment defense
gptkbp:unanimousDecision true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Entrapment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5