Legal Question in Traffic Law in California

Is it entrapment when a police officer is in an unmarked truck, at night, pulls you over for losing your license plates?


Asked on 8/19/10, 10:17 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Lyle Johnson Bedi and Johnson Attorneys at Law

No. Entrapment occurs when a person is pressured into committing a crime by a police officer. Additionally the person would not be inclined to commit the criminal act. The facts you presented do not even come close to entrapment. You were driving without license plates, and the police officer observed the act. After observing the lack of license plates the police officer stopped your vehicle.

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Answered on 8/24/10, 11:42 am


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