{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-626-5","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 626:5","heading":"Entrapment.","body":"It is an affirmative defense that the actor committed the offense because he was induced or encouraged to do so by a law enforcement official or by a person acting in cooperation with a law enforcement official, for the purpose of obtaining evidence against him and when the methods used to obtain such evidence were such as to create a substantial risk that the offense would be committed by a person not otherwise disposed to commit it. However, conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit an offense does not constitute entrapment.","path":["Title LXII: CRIMINAL CODE","Chapter 626: GENERAL PRINCIPLES"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LXII/626/626-5.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:27:12Z","sha256":"37b06a488b62ebc7100f6ccc3cf082f446ca924fa459d63d37399b3c238d26cc","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-626-4","next":"us-nh/rsa-626-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}