HEIKKINEN

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• Sherman v. United States, 356 U.S. 369 (U.S. 1958)
  …ith the narcotics trade. [*372] The issue of entrapment went to the jury,1 and a conviction resulted. Petitioner was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years. The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed. 240 F. 2d 949. We granted certiorari. 353 U. S. 935. In Sorrells v. United States, 287 U. S. 435, this Court firmly recognized the defense of entrapment in the federal courts. The intervening years have in no way detracted from the principles underlying that decision. The function of law enforcement…
• Heikkinen v. United States, 355 U.S. 273 (U.S. 1958)
  …ts. He was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years on Count T, and imposition of sentence on Count 2 was suspended until completion of service of the sentence on Count 1. The Court of Appeals affirmed. 240 F. 2d 94. We granted certiorari. 353 U. S. 935. [*276] Petitioner challenges the judgments of conviction on a number of grounds, but in the view we take of the case it is necessary to consider only the first ground, namely, that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict on either count…