STATE v. VERZONI


521 A.2d 719 (1987)

STATE of Maine v. John VERZONI.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided March 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Crook, Dist. Atty., Alan P. Kelley, Deputy Dist. Atty., William Baghdoyan, Asst. Dist. Atty. (orally), Augusta, for plaintiff.

Shiro & Shiro, John O'Donnell, (orally), Waterville, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

John Verzoni appeals his conviction of unlawful trafficking in a schedule W drug, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 1103 (1983), after a jury trial before the Superior Court (Kennebec County). He contends that the presiding justice committed obvious error by failing to give the jury an entrapment instruction. After reviewing the record, we conclude that the evidence failed to generate the defense of entrapment at trial. See State v. Allen,

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