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oN of the three means available to the government to show | predisposition of a defendant where that defendant claims that governmental officials had designed and provoked the particular crime: . i an existing course of similar criminal conduct; the accused's already formed design to commit the crime or similar crimes; his willingness to do so, as evinced by ready complaisance. . US v. Becker, 62 F2d 1007, 1008 (CA2 : 1933) Cemphasis supplied). cs Ae een Se ener re eee ee ete Raph te en Smt OR Qn pps A se fy penne eRe It is not unfair to permit a jury to infer a defendant's mental state, his predisposition, from the manner in which he responds to a bribe offer. With Lederer, who. confirmed on videotape that he was "no Boy Scout", his willingness, eagerness and predisposition were easily and reasonably inferred from the videotape of the bribe transaction, evidence that was more than sufficient to support the jury's verdict. Under such circumstances, Lederer's claim of entrapment as a matter of law must fail. 4. Publicity Leaks. 4 ma eee Re RIE Eo RT a SAR EN re ne Og es eran me In pretrial motions all defendants argued that the indictments should be dismissed because of prejudicial pe emeerae « publicity given to Abscam before return of the indictments. There can be no doubt but that leaks from the Department 'of Justice did occur. Judge Mishler denied defendants’ pretrial motions to dismiss on this basis, finding that.