STATE v. LATHAM


910 S.W.2d 892 (1995)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Jeffrey Lee LATHAM, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

March 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Stephens, District Public Defender, R. Scott Carpenter, Asst. Public Defender, Steven C. Garrett, Asst. Public Defender, Knoxville, for Appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Attorney General & Reporter, Jennifer L. Smith, Asst. Attorney General, Nashville, Randall E. Nichols, District Attorney General, Robert L. Jolley, Asst. District Attorney General, Tony Stansberry, Asst. District Attorney General, William Crabtree, Asst. District Attorney General, Knoxville, for Appellee.


OPINION

HAYES, Judge.

The appellant, Jeffrey Lee Latham, appeals from a conviction for solicitation to commit first degree murder entered in the Criminal Court for Knox County. The appellant presents one issue for our review. The appellant contends that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury that entrapment is a defense to the crime of solicitation to commit first degree murder.

After reviewing the record, we reverse the trial...

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