Sherman v. United States
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sherman-v-united-states-267-7016843
title:
Sherman v. United States
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Sherman v. United States, 356 U.S. 369 (1958), was a United States Supreme Court case on the issue of entrapment. Unanimously, the Court overturned the conviction of a recovering New York drug addict who had been repeatedly solicited for drug sales by a fellow former addict who was working with federal agents. The case was a virtual replay of Sorrells v. United States, the 1932 case in which the justices had first recognized entrapment as a defense. As in that case, all agreed the defendant had
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1958 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_v._United_States
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2024-01-02T16:07:24Z
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