Hinton v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury found Royce Hinton guilty of criminal attempt to possess cocaine in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. Hinton appeals, contending that the trial court erred in failing to charge the jury on the defense of entrapment. For reasons which follow, we affirm.

On April 14, 1997, the Forest Park Police Department set up a “street sweep operation” in which undercover police officers posed as dealers selling crack cocaine. Rather than using real drugs, the police used broken sheet rock in small bags. Hinton rode a bicycle up to plainclothes officers standing outside…