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PEOPLE v. MAPP

47 N.Y.2d 939 (1979)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edward Mapp, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 28, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Pamela Heit for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney (Phyllis M. Gershon and Robert M. Pitler of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and MEYER concur; Judge FUCHSBERG taking no part.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

We conclude that the evidence in this case was not such as to entitle defendant to a charge with respect to either the agency defense or the affirmative defense of entrapment. Accordingly it was not error for the trial court to deny defense counsel's requests for such charges.

Nor is there substance to defendant's claim that he was denied...

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