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John Murtha — Part 28
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of acquittal be entered on their behalf. 501 F Supp at
1204.
Although Judge Fullam accepted the propriety
of undercover agents using a business entity, real or imagi-
nary, as an attractive target for corrupt overtures by
city officials. even with hints that such overtures would
be welcome, he concluded that “it is neither necessary
nor appropriate to the task of ferreting out crime for
the undercover agents to initiate bribe offers, provide
extremely generous financial inducements, and add further
incentives virtually amounting to an appeal to civic duty.”
501 F Supp at 1204. He also thought it permissible for
undercover agents to initiate bribe proposals "at least
in connection with suspected ongoing corrupt activities
on the part of the targeted officials." Id.
As previously indicated, this court is not directly
controlled by Twigg. To the extent that Judge Fullam found
due process violations in the undercover agents offering
bribe proposals in the absence of "suspected ongoing corrupt
activities on the part of the targeted officials" this -
court respectfully disagrees. US v. Ordner, supra, 554
F2d 24 (CA2 1977).
If the “appeal to civic duty" directed at Schwartz:
‘and Jannotti was essential to Judge Fullam's conclusion,
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