UNITED STATES v. ARCENEAUX

No. 19727.

437 F.2d 924 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald Jacob ARCENEAUX, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 25, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronold J. Mullin, of Mullin, Hoffman & Rodriguez, San Francisco, Cal., for the appellant.

James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., Jerrold M. Ladar, Chief, Crim. Div., San Francisco, Cal., for the appellee.

Before HUFSTEDLER and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, District Judge.


RUSSELL E. SMITH, District Judge:

Defendant Arceneaux admittedly participated in a bank robbery. The defense, the only possible defense in view of the otherwise overwhelming evidence of guilt, was entrapment based on the activity of Easley, one of two robbers killed in the course of the robbery. It is not claimed that there was any error in the presentation of the Government's case, but it is claimed that defendant's Sixth...

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