Legal Opinion

Moore v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided July 17, 1979No. 3-978A247PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARRARD, Presiding Judge.

Moore was convicted of delivering a controlled substance, L.S.D. His appeal urges that he was entrapped as a matter of law and that the court erred in instructing the jury.

The evidence reveals that Edward Johnson, a police officer acting undercover, saw Moore sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle on County Road 75. Johnson got out of his vehicle and walked toward the driver’s side of the Moore vehicle. He observed Moore counting a large number of white and orange pills which were in his lap. Johnson asked Moore if he wanted to sell the drugs. Moore…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Thompson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Hardin v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Gray v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1967
  5. Colondro v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1919

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Flynn v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. Beach v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980

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