STATE v. KING

No. 14192.

564 P.2d 767 (1977)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Lynn KING, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Gilbert Athay, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Earl L. Dorius, Asst. Atty. Gen., R. Paul VanDam, Salt Lake County Atty., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


CROCKETT, Justice:

In a trial to the court Lynn King was convicted of the offense of selling marijuana.1 His defense was that he had been induced to act as the procuring agent by a police officer and was therefore not intentionally and voluntarily committing a crime.

On the evening of January 10, 1975, defendant and Allan Campbell, an undercover police officer, met at the Big Union Bar in Salt Lake City. Officer Campbell asked...

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