Jackson v. State

(dissenting) :

In my opinion the court committed reversible error in denying appellant’s requested instruction to the jury on the defense of entrapment. Somewhat paradoxically, my view in this respect is based in large measure upon the very cases summarily cited in the foregoing per curiam opinion as authority for affirmance.

The historical reason behind, and the substantive nature and content of, the doctrine of entrapment as a defense in a criminal prosecution is well established1 and need not be restated. The issues here involve certain procedural aspects of the doctrine which deserve some…