State v. Luster

MEYER, Justice.

Both of the cases before us involve the delivery and sale of the particular stolen automobile to a police-organized “sting” or undercover fencing operation. The issue before this Court in each case concerns the defense of entrapment —in Case No. 79CRS28603, whether the trial judge, though he gave an instruction on entrapment, erred in not instructing on entrapment by an agent, and in Case No. 79CRS22551, whether the trial judge erred in refusing to give an instruction on the general defense of entrapment. We find no error and affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.

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