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05-12-2005, 07:49 PM #10
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Entrapment? Any Lawyers out there?
I'll say this one more time because I don't want anyone to get arrested.
Originally Posted by Ganjamon420
Cops are allowed to lie to you. That is NOT ENTRAPMENT.
Police officers can, and will, provide you with every opportunity to commit a crime, such as buy drugs, and then arrest you the moment after you commit the crime. The courts have defined entrapment by saying "government agents" are not allowed to "unduly persuade, threaten, coerce, or harass the person, such that a normally law-abiding citizen would participate in an unlawful action."
Examples: If you ask to buy drugs, you are not considered a "normally law-abiding citizen." If you accept an offer to buy drugs, your are not a "normally law-abiding citizen." Even if the police officer lies to you and says he is not a cop, you still get pinched because your intent to commit the crime is evidenced by your actions to accept or sell drugs.
Case law: Hampton v. U.S. 425 U.S. 484 (1976), Jacobson v. U.S. 503 U.S. 540 (1993), Sherman v. U.S. 356 U.S. 369 (1958)
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