PEOPLE v. NELSON WHITE

Docket No. 4,268.

26 Mich. App. 35 (1970)

181 N.W.2d 803

PEOPLE v. NELSON WHITE

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided August 24, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, William L. Cahalan, Prosecuting Attorney, Dominick R. Carnovale, Chief, Appellate Division, and Arthur N. Bishop, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Arthur J. Tarnow (Defenders' Office — Legal Aid and Defender Association of Detroit), for defendant.

Before: HOLBROOK, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and O'HARA, JJ.


O'HARA, J.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of selling marijuana without a license contrary to MCLA § 335.152 (Stat Ann 1957 Rev § 18.1122). He was sentenced to 20 to 25 years in prison.

Initially, defendant urges that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on defendant's theory of entrapment. The trial court's refusal was proper.

Defendant denied making the sale. The defense of entrapment is not available when the offense...

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