People v. Bonner

Walter J. Bonner appeals from his convictions of three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (720 ILCS 570/401(c)(2) (West 2004)). He argues that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was not entrapped when he entered into a course of transactions with an undercover officer in exchange for sex from an informant. We determine as a matter of law that Bonner was induced by the informant to sell drugs when he was not otherwise predisposed to commit the crimes and that the effect of that inducement carried through the course of the transactions. Accordingly,…