Criminal Procedure — entrapment

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United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit

Criminal

Criminal Procedure — entrapment

Where the defendants had lengthy criminal histories, it was not entrapment for the government to arrange a conspiracy with them to rob a fictitious drug “stash house.”

“The Government proffered a wealth of evidence that Mayfield had a criminal reputation, including reference to his several prior convictions for crimes such as burglary, armed robbery, and armed vehicle hijacking. Mayfield tried to counter this with evidence that he had been working hard, had received several certificates of professional achievement, and had been trying to get his life back on track, but his own words betray his supposed honest intentions. In extensive recorded conversations with Gomez, Mayfield described his past stash-house robberies in detail, and never seemed shy about embarking on a new criminal venture. He also expressed a desire to do a drug deal with Gomez before the robbery had even been fully planned. These conversations certainly do not reveal any sort of reluctance on the part of Mayfield; the first and fourth factors above weigh heavily against a lack of predisposition.”

Affirmed.

10-3725, 10-3726, 11-2262 & 11-2439 U.S. v. Kindle

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Leinenweber, J., Bauer, J.