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U.S. v. GIFFORD

No. 93-1645.

17 F.3d 462 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William L. GIFFORD, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Annemarie Hassett, Federal Defender Office, on brief for appellant.

Jeanne M. Kempthorne, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom A. John Pappalardo, United States Attorney, was on brief, for the United States.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted defendant-appellant William L. Gifford on a charge of illicit receipt of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2) (1988).1 The district court imposed an 18-month incarcerative sentence. Gifford appeals both the conviction and the sentence.

Appellant's principal argument requires us to probe the dimensions of the entrapment doctrine in the aftermath of Jacobson v. United...

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