PEOPLE v. HAYWOOD

No. 77-29.

63 Ill. App.3d 352 (1978)

379 N.E.2d 1317

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TOM HAYWOOD, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied August 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Rosborough and Robert E. Davison, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, and Daryl Blue, Jr., law student, for appellant.

Clyde L. Kuehn, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Bruce D. Irish and Ann E. Singleton, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE WINELAND delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Tom Haywood appeals from his conviction in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County of the unlawful delivery of more than 30 grams of LSD, a controlled substance. He contends that the unrebutted testimony at trial that an agent of the State supplied him with the substance in question established the defense of entrapment as a matter of law. We agree, and reverse.

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