U.S. v. STERNER

No. 91-50745.

23 F.3d 250 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nicholas STERNER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 2, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Katz, Katz & Associates, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant.

Patricia Donahue, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: SNEED, THOMPSON, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge SNEED; Dissent by Judge RYMER

SNEED, Circuit Judge:

Nicholas Sterner appeals his conviction and sentence for conspiracy to sell and for delivery of stolen treasury checks in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 510. Because the entrapment instructions given to the jury misstated the law as set forth in Jacobson v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 112 S.Ct. 1535, 118 L.Ed.2d 174 (1992), we reverse Sterner's conviction and remand for...

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