United States Fifth Circuit

Refusal of entrapment instructions is affirmed where defendant showed no government inducement and no lack of predisposition to commit the crimes of laundering monetary instruments and conspiracy; district court erred in not considering availability of a reduction under U.S.S.G. section 2X1.1(b). (Revised opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/14/2003
• Published 04/29/2003

Judges

• GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, SMITH and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gaines H. Cleveland (argued), and John Arthur Meynardie, Asst. U.S. Attys., Biloxi, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Robert Bruce McDuff (argued), Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.