Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Connecticut

Can you please explain the entraptment law to me?


Asked on 11/01/10, 10:43 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Edward Hoffman Law Offices of Edward A. Hoffman

Entrapment is when the defendant commits a crime only because the police put so much pressure on him that they overcame his natural unwillingness to commit it. Merely providing an opportunity is not entrapment; the police have to actually induce the illegal conduct in someone who otherwise would not have been inclined to commit the crime.

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Answered on 11/06/10, 2:35 pm


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