State v. Bressette

Defendant below was convicted, by jury, of

knowingly and unlawfully selling for a consideration a regulated drug, marijuana, in violation of 18 V.S.A. § 4224(g). Upon appeal, he raises two main issues. He urges that the State failed to meet the burden of proving his predisposition to commit the crime, beyond a reasonable doubt, once he had introduced evidence of entrapment. And he claims the court erred in refusing to charge the jury as he requested, that he' would not be a “seller” within the meaning of the statute, if he acted on behalf of the prospective buyer rather than on his own, in…