PETERS v. STATE

No. 5-5451.

450 S.W.2d 276 (1970)

Samuel PETERS, III, Appellant, v. The STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Lamb, Little Rock, for appellant.

Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Don Langston, Mike Wilson, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.


FOGLEMAN, Justice.

We reverse appellant's conviction of the crime of possession of marijuana alleged to have been committed on September 26, 1968, because of the refusal of the circuit judge to give appellant's requested instruction on the defense of entrapment. The state does not contend that the proffered instruction was incorrect. It only contends that there was no evidence to warrant the giving of the instruction. We disagree with this argument.

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