People v. Flansburgh

After labyrinthine proceedings in the St. Clair County Circuit Court, defendant was convicted by a jury of unlawfully driving away a motor vehicle contrary to MCLA 750.413; MSA 28.645. Following his sentence of 3 to 5 years, defendant brings this appeal.

The trial was tangled from its inception. From jury voir dire to closing argument, the case was riddled with the procedural and substantive contretemps that plague criminal cases where an entrapment defense is raised. All principals commenced the trial treating entrapment as a jury question; as a result, defendant’s attorney discussed the…