Commonwealth v. LaBonte

There is no dispute that the defendant, LaBonte, committed the acts constituting the crime described at G. L. c. 94C, § 32E(6) (2), trafficking in cocaine by distributing or bringing into the Commonwealth a net weight of more than 100 but less than 200 grams of the substance. He sought to be excused because, as he claimed, the Commonwealth failed to present a case from which a jury could justifiably infer beyond a reasonable doubt that its agents did not “entrap” him into the performance of the criminal acts. The point was raised by the defendant’s motion for a required finding of not guilty…