Legal Opinion
People v. Butts
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 10, 1987PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ross, J.
The question presented by this appeal is whether Trial Term erred in denying defendant’s request to instruct the jury on the defense of entrapment, where the defendant has testified and denied participating in the narcotic transaction? The attorneys have informed the court that this is an appellate issue of first impression.
On or about May 16, 1985, a New York County Grand Jury filed an indictment against defendant, which charged him with four counts of the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.39), four counts of the…
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