What is the defense of entrapment?

An entrapment defense requires two elements:

  1. Governmental inducement of the crime; and
  2. A lack of predisposition on the part of the accused.

Once the accused presents evidence showing inducement, the burden shifts to the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused was predisposed to commit the crime.

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