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STATE v. OSTRAND

No. 56698.

219 N.W.2d 509 (1974)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. John Raymond OSTRAND, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 26, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Q. Blomgren, of Whitfield, Musgrave, Selvy, Kelly & Eddy, Des Moines, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Fred M. Haskins, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Ray A. Fenton, County Atty., for appellee.

Considered en banc.

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This criminal case involves an attempt by defendant John Raymond Ostrand to prove entrapment. The account of events he desired to place before the jury was strange, perhaps incredible, but we think he was entitled to present it for the jury's consideration. See Lufty v. United States, 198 F.2d 760, 762 (9 Cir.) ("The jurors, within their rights, could have believed appellant's testimony, however incredible it might...

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