U.S. v. PEDRIN

No. 11-10623.

797 F.3d 792 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alex Joseph PEDRIN, Jr., aka Alex Pedrin, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 17, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Lipartito (argued), Tucson, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.

Robert Lally Miskell (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, and John S. Leonardo , United States Attorney, Tucson, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Opinion by Judge W. FLETCHER; Dissent by Judge NOONAN.


OPINION

In this appeal, we again address what constitutes "outrageous government conduct" in the context of a reverse sting operation.

I. Background

For several decades, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms ("ATF") has conducted reverse sting operations in order to identify and apprehend...

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