Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Wilson v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers

440 U.S. 966

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1979-03-19
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • “where there is minimal government inducement, the prosecution may present this [minimal government inducement] as evidence of the defendant’s initial proclivity to commit the offense....”
  • entrapment instructions withstand appellate scrutiny; defendant did not testify in own behalf
  • when entrapment instruction should be given

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Wilson v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.