Legal Opinion

Wilkey v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 19, 1992No. A91A1986PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Cooper, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of selling cocaine. The trial court denied appellant’s motion for directed verdict, and appellant enumerates this denial as error. Appellant also enumerates error in the court’s charge to the jury.

Appellant argues that the court erred in denying his motion for directed verdict because the State offered no evidence to rebut appellant’s affirmative defense of entrapment. The entrapment defense consists of the following three distinct elements: “(1) the idea for the commission of the crime must originate with the state agent; (2) the crime must be…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Keaton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
  2. Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  3. Emanuel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  2. Wright v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Rutledge v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
  4. Finley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  5. Adams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993

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