STATE v. DORAN

No. 82-1193.

5 Ohio St. 3d 187 (1983)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. DORAN, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Keith A. Shearer, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Martin Frantz, for appellee.

Mr. J. Dean Carro and Appellate Review Office, School of Law, University of Akron, for appellant.


CELEBREZZE, C.J.

This appeal poses several previously unanswered questions significant to the administration of criminal justice in this state. First, we are asked to define the defense of entrapment. Second, we must decide whether entrapment is an affirmative defense. The final issue presented is whether a trial court commits prejudicial error by failing to allocate any burden of proof on the entrapment defense.

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