Commonwealth v. Lee

PRICE, Judge:

Following a jury trial commenced on July 20, 1976, appellant was convicted of promoting prostitution. 1 Post-verdict motions were denied, and appellant was sentenced to a prison term of three to seven years, fined a sum of $500.00, and ordered to pay the costs of prosecution. Appellant now contends that a new trial is necessitated by the failure of the court below to charge the jury on entrapment. We find no merit in such an argument, and affirm the judgment of sentence.

The pertinent facts are simple. The Reading Police Vice Squad secured the assistance of an auxiliary…