Able is a veteran of the Vietnam war and began smoking marij…
Able is a veteran of the Vietnam war and began smoking marijuana as a way to cope with his horrible memories of his war experience. For the last year, he has been in a drug treatment program to help him deal with his psychological problems without marijuana. Ben is an undercover officer with the state Drug Enforcement Agency posing as a recovering drug addict. He approached Able after a group therapy session and related common war experiences with Able. Weeping, Ben said to Able that he just couldn’t get the pictures of his dead colleagues out of his mind. Ben then implored Able to help him obtain some weed just one last time and suggested the alternative might be a decision to take his own life. Moved by Ben’s anguish, Able left the rehab center and obtained a baggie of marijuana from his old supplier. At the next group therapy session, Able slipped Ben the baggie of marijuana and Ben arrested him on the spot. Assume that marijuana is illegal in this jurisdiction. If Able lives in a jurisdiction which follows the majority rule on entrapment, the court will focus on:
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Philip is arrested and taken to the police station during an investigation into a series of car thefts that occurred in his neighborhood. The police interrogate Philip and he makes a statement, but unfortunately, the police never gave him a Miranda warning before or during the interrogation. Under what circumstances, might the state use Philip’s statements at trial?
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