Reminds me of a client referred to me by the court, for counseling --
after he shot a gun at his brother. "I don't understand the fuss at
all," he protested in all innocence, "after all, I MISSED him."

I suppose his legal involvement would have been different, had he been
a better shot. Even so, I think there was still reason for there to
have been at least some "fuss."

Likewise, if I try to sell you a bale of mj, and get busted in the
process, I probably can't miss _all_ the "fuss" by claiming "joke's on
you, man, I was gonna stiff you twice - it's a pound light, and it's
just oregano."

That said, the question of "entrapment" should - and likely will - be
raised and assessed in Sherzer's case; and I don't know that there's
enough information at large about the specifics of the case for me to
decide how significant it will be.

For example, Case A: it all goes down between Alex and the girl, but,
as she steps into the hotel lobby, just before she meets her Romeo,
she's swept aside and an undercover cop makes the meet. Setup?

Case B: the on-line "romance" continues to the point where Mommy says
"I've seen this movie, and I know how it ends" and pulls Juliet
off-line. Undercover cop signs in, says "would you repeat that
suggestion, Big Guy?" and we're off to the races.

Case C: Sherzer is _so_ tired of analyzing the exchange Slav,
recommended strongly by his internet Juliet, when he is shocked -
shocked, I say! - to read "Have I got an opening for you, Baby" and,
rushing off to save a lost soul from the evils that lurk for 1.d4
players, runs (carrying NCO and Fritz8 on a laptop) into the arms of a
smirking undercover cop with bad breath and a 5 o'clock shadow.

Now THAT's entrapment.

Rick


Wait until Judge Granade finds out that there is no child victim; just
a male adult FBI agent pretending to be a child.

Sam Sloan