People v. Holst

The prosecution appeals as of right from an order of the Jackson Circuit Court which dismissed controlled substance charges filed against defendant on the basis of entrapment. We reverse.

The undercover officer’s conduct in selling defendant cocaine was not reprehensible per se. Rather, it was only one factor among all the other facts of the case to be considered in determining whether there was entrapment. People v Forrest, 159 Mich App 329, 336; 406 NW2d 290 (1987), lv den 429 Mich 857 (1987). Here, the undercover officer did not initiate the sale, pressure defendant to purchase the drugs,…