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COM. v. WEISKERGER

520 Pa. 305 (1989)

554 A.2d 10

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Elmer WEISKERGER, Appellee. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Bob Allen CLAPPS, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 30, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Atty. Gen., Robert A. Graci, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Robert Keuch, Exec. Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Robert T. Panowicz, Wilkes Barre, for Weiskerger.

Charles P. Gelso, Wilkes Barre, for Clapps.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

LARSEN,* Justice.

The issues presented for our consideration by these cases involve the defense of entrapment in a criminal prosecution. Specifically, we are called upon to determine 1) whether our Crimes Code embodies an objective or a subjective standard to guide a factfinder in the application of that defense; and 2) whether "defendants who did not testify at trial and who failed to admit either their participation in the crimes charged...

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