People v. Husted

The defendant was indicted on December 26, 1978, in Kane County for the December 3, 1978, unlawful delivery of more than 30 grams of a substance containing cocaine, a controlled substance. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 56/á, par. 1401(a)(2).) Defendant pleaded not guilty and raised the affirmative defense of entrapment. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 7 — 12.) A jury found him guilty of the offense charged, his postrtrial motion was denied, and he was sentenced to the Department of Corrections for six years, the minimum term permitted for this Class X felony.

The defendant asserts that he was…