The act of inducing a person to commit a crime so that a criminal charge will be brought against him.
A technique by law enforcement officers or their agents to induce the commission of a crime so that the person induced to commit the crime can be charged. This technique, because it involves artificially provoking and abetting the commission of a crime, which is itself a criminal offence, is severely curtailed under the constitutional law of many states.
An inducement to crime by agents of enforcement.
An act by police, government agents, or other public officials that induces a suspect to commit a crime.
a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials
A criminal defense the requires the defendant to show that the crime would not have occurred of it were not for the intervention, assistance, or encouragement of law enforcement.
The act of officers or agents of a government in inducing a person to commit a crime not contemplated by him, for the purpose of instituting a criminal prosecution against him.
A defense to criminal charges alleging that agents of the government induced a person to commit a crime he or she otherwise would not have committed.
To induce a person to commit a crime that the person wouldn't have committed otherwise for the purpose of bringing a criminal prosecution against that person.
The affirmative defense that the defendant would not have committed the crime if the police had not enticed the defendant.
The acts by agents of the government to induce a person to perform a criminal act for the purpose of prosecuting that individual.
n. in criminal law, the act of law enforcement officers or government agents inducing or encouraging a person to commit a crime when the potential criminal expresses a desire not to go ahead. The key to entrapment is whether the idea for the commission or encouragement of the criminal act originated with the police or government agents instead of with the "criminal." Entrapment, if proved, is a defense to a criminal prosecution. The accused often claims entrapment in so-called "stings" in which undercover agents buy or sell narcotics, prostitutes' services or arrange to purchase goods believed to be stolen. The factual question is: Would Johnny Begood have purchased the drugs if not pressed by the narc? (http://www.law.com)
A defense available when actions of an agent of the government intentionally instill in the mind of the accused a disposition to commit a criminal offense, when the accused has no notion, predisposition, or intent to commit the offense.
The inducement, by law enforcement officers or their agents, of another person to commit a crime for the purposes of bringing charges for the commission of that artificially-provoked crime. This technique, because it involves abetting the commission of a crime, which is itself a crime, is severely curtailed under the constitutional law of many states.
In jurisprudence, entrapment is a legal defense by which a defendant may argue that he or she should not be held criminally liable for actions which broke the law, because they were induced (or entrapped) by the police to commit said acts. For the defense to be successful, the defendant must demonstrate that the police induced an otherwise unwilling person to commit a crime. However, when a person is predisposed to commit a crime, offering opportunities to commit the crime is not entrapment, a widely held misconception similar to the idea that police officers must answer questions truthfully if they are asked the same question three times, or that they must say "yes" if asked if they are a police officer.