Legal Opinion

Gray v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 18, 1967No. 30,948PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtArterburn, J.

This is a criminal prosecution charging the appellant in two counts with the offense of violating the 1935 Narcotic Act, as amended. Count One was a charge of possession of heroin. Count Two was a charge of sale of heroin.

The appellant contends in this appeal that he was a victim of entrapment. The evidence is very meager and shows by the testimony of the police officers that they gave an informant, Emmett Gray, $10.00 to make the purchase at the appellant’s apartment; that before the purchase, Emmett Gray, the informant, was searched by the police officers, who waited outside appellant’s…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. Minton v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Spight v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1967
  5. Smith v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1938

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3Cited by56 opinions

  1. Thompson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
  2. Hardin v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Smith v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
  4. Patty v. Board of Medical ExaminersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
  5. Dockery v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1994

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