State v. Snow

The defendant’s attack on the legality of his conviction centers on whether the issue of entrapment should have been submitted to the jury. In order to determine the worth of this claim, it is necessary to examine the salient facts. We find that the chief of police of the city of Manchester wished “to see whether a man [the defendant] was honest.” Considering that upon the head of this department rests the primary responsibility for the safety and property of thousands of citizens, and that subordinate officers from the nature of their work have almost unparalleled opportunity either to…