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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT JACKSON
Assigned on Briefs October 7, 2008

STATE OF TENNESSEE v. NINO JONES
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Madison County
No. 07-39 Donald H. Allen, Judge

No. W2008-00348-CCA-R3-CD  - Filed November 24, 2008
The Defendant, Nino Jones,1 was convicted by a jury of one count of sale of cocaine, a Class C felony.  In this direct appeal, he argues that the State failed to rebut his defense of entrapment beyond a reasonable doubt.  We conclude that this argument lacks merit, and accordingly affirm.

Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Circuit Court Affirmed
DAVID H. WELLES, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which THOM AS T. WOODALL and J.C. MCLIN, JJ., joined.
Gregory D. Gookin, Assistant Public Defender, Jackson, Tennessee, for the appellant, Nino Jones, a/k/a Sandy Ray Scott.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Mary W. Francois, Assistant Attorney General; Jerry Woodall, District Attorney General; and Shaun Brown, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
OPINION
Factual Background
The events underlying this case took place on July 8, 2006, in Jackson.  Starting about 2:00
p.m. on that day, the Jackson Police Department

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