Blackshear v. State

Appellant was tried by a jury, convicted for the offenses of possessing and selling narcotic drugs, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison. He seeks reversal of the judgment and sentence on the grounds that the court erred in several material respects.

By his first two points on appeal appellant contends that the evidence establishes as a matter of law the defense of entrapment and that the court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict and for an instruction to the jury on the law relating to such defense.

We have carefully reviewed the transcript of the trial proceedings…