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Dec. 31, 2002

9th Circuit Panel Sees Entrapment in Drug Arrest

SACRAMENTO - A state trial judge violated a man's due process rights when he refused to issue a jury instruction on entrapment and eliminated his only hope to avoid a life sentence, a federal appeals panel has ruled.

A state trial judge
violated a man's due process rights when he refused to issue a jury instruction on entrapment and eliminated his only hope to avoid a life sentence, a federal appeals panel has ruled. Page 3.
By Hudson Sangree

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