Does providing opportunities or facilities for the commission of the offence constitute entrapment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Soderman, D.C. No. 2:09-cr-00321-FJM-1, No. 10-10023 (9th Cir. 2011):
'merely afford opportunities or facilities for the commission of the offense does not' constitute entrapment." (quoting Sorrells v. United States, 287 U.S. 435, 441 (1932)). However, here the government went much farther.
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