People v. Martin

The defendant, Neal Martin, was found guilty following a jury trial in the circuit court of Will County of the unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, cocaine. The defendant appeals contending (1) that the manifest weight of the evidence established the defense of entrapment as a matter of law; (2) that the jury was not properly instructed; (3) that the defendant’s prior convictions were improperly admitted into evidence for purposes of impeachment; (4) the prosecutor’s closing argument was prejudicial and deprived the defendant of a fair trial.

The evidence indicated that the 21-year-old…