People v. Cross

Defendant, Odie Cross, Jr., appeals from a judgment of conviction of the circuit court of St. Clair County entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of the offense of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 56%, par. 1401(b)). He was sentenced to a term of 2 to 6 years imprisonment.

On appeal defendant contends that (1) his testimony established the defense of entrapment as a matter of law, or alternatively it required that his entrapment instruction be given to the jury; and (2) that the trial court committed reversible error in admitting into evidence…