Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

Re: entrapment

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Re: entrapment

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Yes. Florida Statutes 777.201 Entrapment. �

(1) A law enforcement officer, a person engaged in cooperation with a law enforcement officer, or a person acting as an agent of a law enforcement officer perpetrates an entrapment if, for the purpose of obtaining evidence of the commission of a crime, he or she induces or encourages and, as a direct result, causes another person to engage in conduct constituting such crime by employing methods of persuasion or inducement which create a substantial risk that such crime will be committed by a person other than

one who is ready to commit it.

(2) A person prosecuted for a crime shall be acquitted if the person

proves by a preponderance of the evidence that his or her criminal conduct occurred as a result of an entrapment. The issue of entrapment shall be tried by the trier of fact.

Hope this helps.

Scott R. Jay, Esq.