State v. Grier

BECTON, Judge.

Defendant’s fourth assignment of error, and the main focus of her appeal, is that the trial judge committed reversible error by not directing a verdict for defendant at the close of the evidence. The defendant argues that the evidence presented shows that agent Arnold’s activities constituted entrapment as a matter of law and that Arnold induced her into criminal action at a time when she was in no way predisposed to criminality.

The defense of entrapment requires proof of two essential elements:(1) acts of persuasion, trickery or fraud carried out by law enforcement officers or…