U.S. v. Stallworth

In prosecution on charge of attempt to distribute drugs arising out of sting in which defendant-police officer assisted undercover agents to obtain and distribute drugs by providing look-out services during said drug transactions, Dist. Ct. did not err in denying defendant’s request for entrapment instruction where defendant presented no evidence to suggest that he was not predisposed to commit crime, and where defendant demonstrated no reluctance in accepting attractive, but reasonable compensation for his services. Ct. further rejected defendant’s defense of public authority or entrapment by estoppel arising out of his claim that he was attempting to run his own sting operation on undercover agent where defendant failed to show that someone in authority had previously authorized his actions.