Sykes v. State

The appellant in this direct criminal appeal challenges his convictions for drug offenses. We reverse the convictions and remand this case for a new trial because the trial judge committed prejudicial error in precluding the appellant from presenting evidence of his lack of a criminal record in support of his entrapment defense.

*642The appellant’s defense at trial was that he had been entrapped by a police informant. He was therefore required to make an evidentiary showing that he was induced by the informant to commit the crimes and that he was not predisposed to commit the crimes. See Munoz v.…