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COM. v. THOMPSON

335 Pa.Super. 332 (1984)

484 A.2d 159

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Russell T. THOMPSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 9, 1984.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied May 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur L. Goldberg, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Gregory B. Abeln, Assistant District Attorney, Carlisle, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WICKERSHAM, MONTEMURO and MONTGOMERY, JJ.

MONTEMURO, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County. Because we find entrapment as a matter of law, we reverse.

On May 1, 1981, appellant, Russell Thompson, a former Carlisle policeman, was arrested and charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a small amount of marijuana1 and one count of criminal conspiracy.2 Appellant was convicted...

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