State v. Stock

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Appellant, Frederick Louis Stock, has appealed from the judgment entered pursuant to jury verdict wherein he was found guilty of making an unlawful sale of a narcotic drug, marijuana, and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years.

Appellant’s first point is that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for judgment of acquittal “for the reason that as a matter of law the evidence disclosed an unlawful entrapment.” This calls for a statement of the evidence pertaining to the circumstances of the sale.

From the evidence a jury reasonably could find that the…