Sixth Circuit -- USA v. Karl Demmler

USA v. Karl Demmler 

Crim - conviction and sentencing upheld.

No error in denial of entrapment defense, as record indicates deft was predisposed.

Defining "corruptly" as "improper conduct" is invited error, as deft proposed the instruction - no manifest injustice.

When a sentencing enhancement is predicated on deft's scienter, review is of a factual finding - clear error. Here, no error in court holding that deft knew, given scope.

Accessory after the fact need not know to a certainty that principal committed the crime, merely the scope of the crime that was involved.