New York Penal Law § 40.05 Entrapment | Tim Wu | January 25, 2018

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New York Penal Law § 40.05 Entrapment

In any prosecution for an offense, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant engaged in the proscribed conduct because he was induced or encouraged to do so by a public servant, or by a person acting in cooperation with a public servant, seeking to obtain evidence against him for purpose of criminal prosecution, and when the methods used to obtain such evidence were such as to create a substantial risk that the offense would be committed by a person not otherwise disposed to commit it.  Inducement or encouragement to commit an offense means active inducement or encouragement.  Conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit an offense does not constitute entrapment.

 
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January 25, 2018

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