If the test is whether the crime would otherwise have been committed but for the actions of the law enforcement officials. then clearly the answer is no. they would not have been. and this is clearly a case of entrapment. But there is another aspect to the Ozzie Myers case that I think we need to remember. That is that Mr. Myers. on the floor of this House. said. and he said in his trial. that his defense was that he intended to take the money and then not vote as the people whom he thought were foreign wouldbe immigrants wanted him to vote. That in itself is a crime. taking money under false pretenses. criminal fraud. Therefore. by his own admission he committed a crime of taking money. using his office as the basis for taking it.
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