UNITED STATES v. ANDERTON

No. 79-5615.

629 F.2d 1044 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Post ANDERTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Brady, Forth Worth, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Jimmy L. Tallant, Asst. U.S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, HENDERSON and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, David Anderton, appeals his conviction of conspiring to bribe a public official and eleven substantive counts of bribery in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 201(b)(3) and 371. Because the trial court failed to clearly instruct the jury on his entrapment defense, we reverse.

The government's chief witness, Charles Lebredo, a special agent with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service,...

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