Bailey v. People

DUBOFSKY, Justice.

We granted two petitions for certiorari to review the court of appeals’ decision in People v. Bailey and Hernandez, 41 Colo.App. 385, 590 P.2d 508 (1978). The defendants, Glen Barrington Bailey and Charles Allen Hernandez, who were convicted of sale and conspiracy to sell narcotics, argue that they were entrapped by law enforcement officials, that the conduct of the officials constituted duress, and that they were merely “procuring agents” for the officials who bought the narcotic drugs. In a trial to the court, the judge found that the evidence of entrapment and duress did…