entrapment

Anton Sherwood (dasher@netcom.com)
Mon, 2 Feb 1998 19:39:21 -0800 (PST)

: > ... This means that a defendant can deny that he committed the
: > crime, and then claim that the reason he committed it was because he
: > was entrapped.

Craig Presson observes:
: The law is full of strange loops like this, but this one can also be
: unravelled less strangely (and less entertainingly): "My client denies
: participating in the act in question, but even if the actual
: perpetrator were here on trial, the prosecution's case is tainted by
: entrapment."

Alternatively, "My client was entrapped into what s/he did -- which,
by the way, did not fulfill all the necessary elements of the charge."

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