People v. Rogers

The defendant Vivian Rogers, was indicted in the Circuit Court of Rock Island County for the offense of Unlawful Sale of a Narcotic Drug. She was found guilty by a jury and was sentenced to a term of one to three years. She prosecutes this appeal contending that the conviction was obtained by entrapment in that the narcotics were furnished by the State’s agent, an informer.

On January 7,1972, Daniel Pavichevich, an agent of the Illinois Bureau of Investigation came to defendant’s home with one Mike Neice, alias Joe McDonald, a special police employee who we shall hereinafter call the Informer.

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