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   Message 38,949 of 39,879   
   Les Cargill to The old geezer   
   Re: Zappa's Arrest......   
   27 Oct 17 21:59:58   
   
   From: lcargill99@comcast.com   
      
   The old geezer wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, March 15, 2005 at 6:47:16 PM UTC-4, The old geezer wrote:   
   >> ......when FZ wuz busted for making that "sex tape"....why wuzn't this   
   >> arrest thrown out of court because it wuz a clear case of entrapment   
   >> since the detective put him (FZ) up to it.   
   >>   
   >> Kinda like:   
   >>   
   >> Officer Friendly: get some weed for me.   
   >> FZ: OK   
   >>   
   >> Then when FZ duz...Officer friendly busts him.   
   >>   
   >> Please advise.   
   >   
   >   
   > Still wondering about this.   
   >   
   > TOG   
   >   
      
   SO it's California in the early 1960s, and Frank had no resources.   
      
   It's not quite ahead of case law even describing entrapment - Sherman   
   v. United States was in 1958 - but there's always propagation delay and   
   defendants without resources take pot luck.   
      
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   Les Cargill   
      
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