State v. Johnson

Appellant Chris D. Johnson appeals his conviction for aggravated drug trafficking claiming that he sufficiently established the defense of entrapment so as to warrant his acquittal. We affirm.

Facts

In January- 1981, Johnson was twenty-one years old with a wife and a small child and lived in a trailer home in Orrville. At the time of the incidents in question in this case, Johnson had been unemployed for approximately six months and there was testimony indicating that his unemployment benefits would soon terminate.

Sometime between January 17 and January 22, 1981, Johnson was approached by an…