King v. State

I

This sale of marijuana case presents a variation on the familiar theme of entrapment. The case turns not on whether there was evidence which may have convinced the jury to reject the entrapment defense — for surely there was such evidence. Our concern is that the jury was not instructed on the law of entrapment. As there was also in the record credible evidence which, if believed, may have justified an acquittal on grounds of entrapment, the trial court should have granted defendant's request for an instruction on the point. Because instead it denied the instruction, we reverse and remand.

II

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