Ark. Code Ann. § 5-2-209: Entrapment
Where this section sits in the code
- AR Code
- Title 5
- Chapter 2
- Subchapter 2
(a) It is an affirmative defense that the defendant was entrapped into committing an offense. (b) (1) Entrapment occurs when a law enforcement officer or any person acting in cooperation with a law enforcement officer induces the commission of an offense by using persuasion or other means likely to cause a normally law-abiding person to commit the offense. (2) Conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit an offense does not constitute entrapment. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 209; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-209.
(a) It is an affirmative defense that the defendant was entrapped into committing an offense.
(b) (1) Entrapment occurs when a law enforcement officer or any person acting in cooperation with a law enforcement officer induces the commission of an offense by using persuasion or other means likely to cause a normally law-abiding person to commit the offense. (2) Conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit an offense does not constitute entrapment.
(1) Entrapment occurs when a law enforcement officer or any person acting in cooperation with a law enforcement officer induces the commission of an offense by using persuasion or other means likely to cause a normally law-abiding person to commit the offense.
(2) Conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit an offense does not constitute entrapment.
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