Harper v. State

George K. Cracraft, Judge.

Virgil Lee Harper appeals from his conviction of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver in violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 82-2617 (Supp. 1981). The appellant admitted both the possession of marijuana and his intent to deliver to an undercover agent of the Little Rock Police Department but interposed the defense of entrapment. He maintains that the trial court erred in not directing a verdict in his favor on the issue of entrapment, in admitting evidence of prior criminal actions with which he was not charged, and permitting the jury to consider…