People v. Mattison

The defendant, LaVaughn Mattison, appeals his conviction under a two count information of, count 1, conspiring to violate the statutes prohibiting pandering 1 and accepting the earnings of a postitute 2 and, count 2, attempted pandering. 3

Mattison claims that the trial judge erred in admitting into evidence a recording purporting to reproduce a conversation among Mattison, Leland Hyde, who is the other alleged conspirator, and Carol Mason, a policewoman. He also claims that, because of the evidence of entrapment and a polygraph test, the judge, who tried the case without a jury, erred in…