Pascu v. State

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This appeal concerns the defense of entrapment.

On November 25,1975, Gordon Pascu sold one half ounce of heroin to Phillip Geiger and James Blair. Geiger and Blair were police agents.1 Pascu, as a result of that transaction, was indicted for sale of a narcotic drug in violation of AS 17.10.010.

Following his indictment, Pascu’s attorney sought a pre-trial hearing on his claim of entrapment.2 That request was granted and the hearing was held before the Honorable Jay A. Rabinowitz, justice of the Supreme Court of Alaska, sitting, by assignment, as judge of the Superior…