State v. Ziegler

On March 12, 1976, defendant Lorry Ziegler sold illegal drugs to an undercover agent of the State Patrol Drug Control Assistance Unit. Her defense at trial was that she was entrapped by the persistent inveiglement of a male informer with whom she had previously lived, and who had allegedly furnished her with the drugs in the first instance. Defendant appeals from her jury conviction of delivery of a controlled substance. We affirm.

The sole question on appeal is whether the court erred in refusing to give Ziegler's proposed jury instruction that the burden was upon the prosecution to prove the…