Froggatt v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

The narrow issue presented for our determination on this appeal is whether the jury that found the appellant-defendant, Edwin Robert Froggatt, guilty of a violation of NRS 453.030 1 (Unlawful Sale of a Narcotic Drug), should have been instructed on the law of entrapment. Under the facts of this record, we have concluded that an instruction on entrapment should have been given; therefore, we reverse the case and remand it to the district court for a new trial.

1. Factual Background.

In January 1969 appellant-defendant Froggatt commenced work as a trainee craps…