Verble v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Ricky Ver ble and Jerry Hill were convicted of solicitation of sodomy and appeal following the denial of their motion for a new trial.

1. Appellants claim they relied upon a defense of entrapment and that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that entrapment did not exist.

The State’s evidence was presented through the testimony of a single witness, the arresting officer, D. M. Brown. Officer Brown contacted appellants while investigating advertisements placed in “Cruise” magazine which by their language and terminology led…