Salinas v. State

BAKER, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Carlos Salmas appeals his conviction for dealing in cocaine, a Class B felony. 1 The sole issue he raises on appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing his tendered instruction on the defense of entrapment. We affirm.

FACTS

United States Treasury Agent Rapp introduced Officer Robert Dine of the Greenwood Police Department to informants Pur-tlebaugh and Hignite sometime near Labor Day weekend of 1988. Officer Dine talked to the informants about several people in the Greenwood area, including Salinas.

The informants arranged a meeting between Officer Dine…