{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-2-209","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-2-209","heading":"Entrapment","body":"(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.\n\n(a) It is an affirmative defense that the defendant was entrapped into committing an offense.\n\n(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.\n\n(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.\n\n(2) Conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit an offense does not constitute entrapment.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 2","Subchapter 2"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"7d1ad225d5a9096a5d229d58ad9af36401942dc377f800a103b9612e278c97be","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-2-208","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-2-210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}