U.S. v. EL-GAWLI

No. 86-5659.

837 F.2d 142 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Sultan EL-GAWLI, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 19, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 17, 1988.

As Amended February 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel A. Alito, Jr., U.S. Atty., Marion Percell (argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., Samuel P. Moulthrop, Chief, Appeals Div., Newark, N.J., for appellee.

Alan L. Zegas (argued), Patricia Kern, West Orange, N.J., for appellant.

Before BECKER, SCIRICA and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 17, 1988.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a conviction for conspiracy to export weapons without a license from the government, 22 U.S.C. § 2778(b)(2) (1982), raises two important questions concerning the entrapment defense. First, we must decide whether the district court erred in failing to instruct the jury that the government, to defeat an entrapment defense, had...

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