Zeigler

People v. Zeigler

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1963 Cal. App. LEXIS 2847·212 Cal. App. 2d 305·27 Cal. Rptr. 865
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJanuary 24, 1963Crim. No. 4140California300 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Devine, J.

An undercover agent for the Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, while walking the streets in Pittsburg, California, in the company of a man from whom he had made narcotics purchases, but who did not know him to be an agent, met appellant at about midnight. The other man asked appellant, in the parlance of narcotics users, if he had any marijuana. Appellant replied “no” but to see him *306 later. When they met appellant a second time, the other man asked appellant if he had “done any good.” Appellant nodded in the affirmative and said to follow him. The three then walked into an alley where appellant gave the third person a marijuana cigarette in return for a dollar. Appellant was arrested a month later.

' Appellant denied commission of the offense with which he Was charged, namely, sale of marijuana.

The sole contention of appellant is that the trial court erred in not instructing, on its own motion, on the issue of entrapment. Appellant did not request any instruction on entrapment. There was no evidence that appellant was persuaded or allured into committing an offense which he would not otherwise have committed. Therefore, there was no entrapment. (People v. Lindsey, 91…

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