State v. Ostrand

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This criminal case involves an attempt by defendant John Raymond Ostrand to prove entrapment. The account of events he desired to place before the jury was strange, perhaps incredible, but we think he was entitled to present it for the jury’s consideration. See Lufty v. United States, 198 F.2d 760, 762 (9 Cir.) (“The jurors, within their rights, could have believed appellant’s testimony, however incredible it might appear to the trial Court or to this court.”).

Defendant and Michael Hagen were acquaintances who worked for the same employer. According to defendant, Hagen…