Griesemer v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was found guilty of patronizing a prostitute. Defendant appealed, arguing that he had raised the entrapment defense by showing police inducement and that the State failed to offer any evidence of Defendant’s predisposition to commit the offense. The Court of Appeals agreed with Defendant and reversed. The Supreme Court granted transfer, thereby vacating the Court of Appeals’ opinion, and affirmed the trial court, holding (1) Defendant’s entrapment defense failed because a reasonable trier of fact could have found the State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the police did not induce Defendant; and (2) therefore, the Court did not need to address the question of Defendant’s predisposition to commit the crime.
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