McCoy v. Commonwealth

Opinion

COLEMAN, J.

The sole issue presented in this criminal case is whether the trial court was required on the facts to instruct the jury on the defense of entrapment. Joseph Bryant McCoy was indicted for possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute. The jury convicted him of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, but as an accommodation to another individual. Code § 18.2-248. The trial court sentenced him to ten years in the penitentiary in conformity with the jury verdict. On appeal McCoy contends that the evidence viewed in the light most favorable to the theory of…