Cherry v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Gardner, Presiding Judge.
1. The defendant relies for a reversal upon the alleged incomplete charge to the jury on the subject of entrapment, and upon the general grounds.(a) Insofar as the general grounds are concerned the evidence overwhelmingly supports' the verdict as to each count.(b) We will now discuss whether or not the record reveals an entrapment of the defendant. This court said in Sutton v. State, 59 Ga. App. 198 (2, 3) (200 S. E. 225): “It is no ‘entrapment’ to commit a crime where the officer merely furnishes an opportunity to a criminal who is ready to commit an "offense.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hagar v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884
- Sutton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
- Cason v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914
- Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Dalton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
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- Gibson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974