U.S. v. THOMAS

No. 96-50110.

134 F.3d 975 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bourne Bobby THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thor O. Emblem, Escondido, California, for defendant-appellant.

Mary Schneider, Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, California, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: SKOPIL, PREGERSON, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.


Amended on Denial of Rehearing.*

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

The question in this case is whether, when predisposition to commit an offense is at issue, a defendant may introduce evidence concerning his record of past acts or whether only the government is free to introduce such evidence. In entrapment cases, it is in the defendant's interest to seek to establish that his past record is that of a model citizen, while it is in the...

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