State v. Cooper

Goolsby, Judge:

Aretha Cooper appeals from her conviction and sentence for criminal conspiracy and distribution of crack cocaine. She complains of the trial court’s refusal to charge the jury on the defense of entrapment. We affirm.

Cooper’s conviction arises out of her delivery to an undercover agent of crack cocaine purchased by Cooper from a dealer with money supplied by the undercover agent.

The defense of entrapment is not available to a defendant with a predisposition, independent of government inducement and influence, to commit the crime with which the defendant is presently charged.…