Smoak v. State

While I agree with the majority’s conclusion that there was sufficient evidence supporting Appellant’s conviction, I disagree with the majority’s decision to reverse and remand this case because Appellant failed to properly preserve the entrapment issue for our review.

It is a well-settled principle of appellate jurisprudence that this court will not review an allegation that a circuit court erred in failing to give an instruction where the appellant failed to proffer such instruction. E.g., Davis v. State, 2009 Ark. 478, 348 S.W.3d 553; Robertson v. State, 2009 Ark. 430, 347 S.W.3d 460;…