Chavez

Jesus Albert Chavez, convicted by a jury of selling LSD, appeals, contending the police entrapped him.

On March 14, 1969, in the afternoon, Buena Park police Undercover Agent fielding met defendant Chavez, Lawrence Lee Gray and a third person, all juveniles, fielding had not known Chavez before the afternoon meeting. About 7:30 p.m. the same day, fielding again met Chavez in the company of Gray and Peter Bryan Kelly outside a teenage nightclub, fielding asked Gray if he knew where fielding could “score some acid,” i.e., purchase LSD. Kelly broke into the conversation, saying he had hashish hidden away but Belding would have to take him to it if he wanted to buy it.

Belding drove defendant Chavez, Kelly and Gray to where the hashish was supposed to be hidden. However, Kelly could not find the hashish which he said was hidden in an ivy patch.

At that point Chavez said, “Well, let’s go and get my stash,” i.e., cache of narcotics. On foot, Chavez took Belding to another location, where Chavez reached under a rock in a flower bed and took out a cellophane wrapper containing two LSD tablets which he placed in his right coat pocket. En route back to the car, Belding asked…