U.S. v. MAYFIELD

No. 11-2439.

771 F.3d 417 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leslie C. MAYFIELD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 13, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Schneider , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Fitzgerald T. Bramwell , Attorney, Law Offices of Fitzgerald Bramwell, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellant.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and BAUER, POSNER, EASTERBROOK, KANNE, ROVNER, WILLIAMS, SYKES, TINDER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Leslie Mayfield was indicted for conspiring with a coworker and a drug courier to rob a stash house controlled by the courier's suppliers. The conspiracy was a setup; the drug courier was an undercover government agent and the coworker was an informant. At his trial Mayfield wanted to present a defense of entrapment, but the government opposed it and moved in limine to preclude the defense, arguing that there wasn't enough evidence to show that...

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