STATE v. SALMON

Nos. 16591, 16723.

612 P.2d 366 (1980)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Robert SALMON, Defendant and Appellant. STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Tommy Lee BENWELL and Robert James Salmon, Defendants and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Schumacher and Sheldon R. Carter, of Utah County Legal Defenders Association, Provo, for defendants and appellants.

Robert B. Hansen, Atty. Gen., Earl F. Dorius, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


HALL, Justice:

Defendants appeal their convictions of burglary1 on the theory of entrapment.

Although certain facts are disputed by the defendants, the following believable evidence was adduced at trial. Prior to the events in question, defendants resided in the State of California. They communicated with a friend, one John Bucy, about coming to Utah. Bucy lived with his brother-in-law, Jamie Flowers, in Salt Lake County. Flowers...

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