{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-15","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-15","heading":"Entrapment as defense.","body":"In any prosecution for an offense, it shall be a defense that the defendant engaged in the proscribed conduct because he was induced to do so by a public servant, or by a person acting in cooperation with a public servant, for the purpose of institution of criminal prosecution against the defendant, and that the defendant did not contemplate and would not otherwise have engaged in such conduct.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 951*. PENAL CODE: STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION; PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_951.htm#sec_53a-15","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"7fc0d757b29628373edf0958a37a9b2b102055b971c64bb68ed30de27ca80372","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-14","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}