Harrison v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
1Opinion of the Court
*1379McNEILLY, Justice
(for the majority):
This appeal requires the Court to interpret and apply the Delaware Entrapment Statute, 11 Del.C. § 432,1 as revised in 1974.
The defendant, Winifred Harrison, was convicted after trial by jury and sentenced on charges relating to her employment as a prison guard at the Smyrna Correctional Institution. The appeal is based upon the Trial Court’s refusal to set aside the jury verdict and hold that entrapment had occurred as a matter of law.
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The defendant was indicted on two counts of each of the following offenses: Receiving a Bribe (11 Del.C. § 1203); Delivery…
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