United States Fifth Circuit

Defendant's bribery conviction is reversed, where the District Court erred by denying Defendant's request for an entrapment instruction because the evidence showed that he had a lack of predisposition to bribe the official at issue and the government induced him to do so.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/15/2009
• Published 04/15/2009

Judges

• JENNIFER W. ELROD, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, DENNIS and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Elizabeth Berenguer (argued), San Antonio, TX, for U.S., Nancy Blair Barohn (argued), Kansas City, MO, for Theagene.