UNITED STATES v. FRENCH

No. 81-1968.

683 F.2d 1189 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. R. C. FRENCH, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 24, 1982.

Certiorari Denied November 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Dittmeier, U. S. Atty., Timothy J. Wilson, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Shaw, Howlett & Schwartz by Charles M. Shaw, Clayton, Mo., for appellant.

Before HEANEY, ARNOLD and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 24, 1982.

Certiorari Denied November 1, 1982. See 103 S.Ct. 304.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The significant issue in this appeal is whether defendant R. C. French, in purchasing food stamps from undercover police officers, was entrapped as a matter of law. This in turn involves the question of whether French had the predisposition to commit these criminal acts. The defense of entrapment and the issue...

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