State v. Latham

OPINION

HAYES, Judge.

The appellant, Jeffrey Lee Latham, appeals from a conviction for solicitation to commit first degree murder entered in the Criminal Court for Knox County. The appellant presents one issue for our review. The appellant contends that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury that entrapment is a defense to the crime of solicitation to commit first degree murder.

After reviewing the record, we reverse the trial court’s decision and remand for a new trial.

7.Factual Background

On November 12, 1991, the Knox County Grand Jury indicted the appellant for solicitation to…