People v. Reynolds

Defendants were charged with the sale of alcoholic liquor to a minor, MCL 436.33(1); MSA 18.1004(1) and MCL 436.44; MSA 18.1015. The district court found that defendants had been entrapped and dismissed the charges against them. The circuit court affirmed the decision of the district court, and this Court granted the prosecution’s delayed application for leave to appeal.

In People v D’Angelo, 401 Mich 167; 257 NW2d 655 (1977), the Court held that a claim of entrapment should be resolved by the trial judge at a separate evidentiary hearing and that defendant bore the burden of proving…