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The Manuel Tapes - Comments on Tom Manuel & Use of an Entrapment Defense

By Ron Chapman

I am quoted in the following article which appeared February 7th in the St. Augustine Record and was written by Tiffany Pakkala .   The Manuel Tapes He's guilty — but was he set up? Legal experts differ There is no shadow of a doubt that former St. Johns County Commissioner Tom Manuel took $60,000 in bribes — and he knew it was dirty money. For that, he was sentenced on Jan. 28 in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville to 21 months in prison, 16 months of house arrest and three years probation. It marked the end of an FBI investigation that kicked off in early 2007, just months after he took office. But how the case began may never come out of the shadows. Manuel, 64, of St. Johns, said from the beginning that he was set up, and two legal experts who reviewed the case for The Record said it had the elements of a solid entrapment defense...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on February 08, 2010 (boomark / email).