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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

38 Misc.2d 80 (1963)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Dorothy Williams, Appellant. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ruth Freeman, Appellant.

County Court, Oneida County.

January 30, 1963

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Fernicola for Dorothy Williams, appellant. Ira M. Ball and Anthony J. Fernicola for Ruth Freeman, appellant. Arthur A. Darrigrand, District Attorney, for respondent.

JOHN J. WALSH, J.

In these two appeals, this court is asked to reassess the so-called "defense of entrapment doctrine" as it has been traditionally recognized in New York State in view of the 1932 decision by the United States Supreme Court in Sorrells v. United States (287 U.S. 435) and subsequent cases.

The Williams case involves alleged inducement by a police officer decoy to commit prostitution.

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