People v. Cooper

Mr. JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Craig Cooper, was found guilty of the offense of unlawful delivery of cannabis (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 56%, § 705(d)) and sentenced to 3 years probation with the first 6 months to be served at the Illinois State Farm, Vandalia.

On appeal, defendant contends that the evidence established entrapment or, alternatively, that by finding no defense of entrapment, the jury’s verdict was against the evidence; that the indictment was fatally defective, the indictment void in that the statute under…