U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1966

Antonio Ortega-Romero v. United States

Antonio Ortega-Romero v. United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided June 22, 1966 · Barnes, Browning, Per Curiam, Thompson
362 F.2d 804; 1966 U.S. App. LEXIS 5737 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Antonio Ortega-Romero v. United States

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The issue of entrapment was not raised in the court below by this appealing defendant. His counsel deliberately waived it as a matter of trial strategy both in the trial of the case and in his argument to the jury. That this was consciously done is established by the tenor of the argument to the jury commenting on the issue of entrapment as raised by the code-fendant.

We hold there was no entrapment as a matter of law, and that the defendant, by reason of his defense, was in no position to ask for an instruction on entrapment. (Cf. Garibay-Garcia v. United States, 9 Cir., 362 F.2d 509, decided May 23, 1966, and cases cited.)

No other point raised on appeal was well taken.

Affirmed.

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