U.S. v. JACOBSON

No. 88-2097.

893 F.2d 999 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Keith M. JACOBSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Moyer, Jr., Madison, Neb., for appellant.

Jan W. Sharp, Omaha, Neb., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAGG, Circuit Judge.


HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Keith Jacobson was convicted of one count of receiving child pornography through the mails. On appeal, Jacobson argues that he was entrapped as a matter of law because the government failed to show that he was predisposed to commit the crime and that the government's outrageous conduct gave rise to a violation of due process. We overturn the conviction because, before instituting an undercover operation at Jacobson, the government had...

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