In this case, the defendant said that he was entrapped and wants to offer statements by a government informant as evidence of his inducement by the government to commit a crime. The court held that statements not offered as an assertion of a fact but, rather, as the fact of an assertion are not hearsay.

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In United States v. Cantu, the court held that statements not offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted, but rather to show that the statements were made, are not considered hearsay. This is relevant in situations like entrapment defenses where the fact that an inducement was made is in question, not the truth of the statements within that inducement.

In This Case, the Defendant Said That He Was Entrapped