State v. Cheraso

This is an accelerated calendar case.

Appellant first challenges the trial court’s decision denying his motion to dismiss this case based upon its determination that entrapment was not available as a defense to appellant and that appellant had not established this affirmative matter. Appellant claims that since the Geauga County Sheriffs Department did not have probable cause to believe that appellant was selling alcohol to minors and since the sheriffs department initiated the sale at issue here, appellant was entrapped into committing an act he would not have otherwise committed.

The defense…