203362P.pdf   03/03/2022  United States  v.  Emmanuel John
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  20-3362
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha   
   [PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Benton and Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. The district court did not 
   err in denying defendant's request for an entrapment instruction as 
   defendant never introduced any evidence of inducement, one of the two 
   elements of entrapment; the district court did not abuse its discretion in 
   denying defendant's motion for a mistrial after the government asked 
   defendant's witness a question defendant contends violated the stipulation 
   as to his status of a felon, as the court struck the question and 
   instructed the jury to disregard it; the weight of the evidence at trial 
   demonstrates that the testimony was not prejudicial; the government 
   offered legitimate law enforcement reasons for its decision to continue 
   purchasing weapons after the initial purchase from defendant, and its 
   decision to prolong the investigation did not constitute sentencing 
   manipulation; the district court committed no procedural error at 
   sentencing, and the sentence it imposed was not substantively 
   unreasonable.