Entrapment

Question 1

Entrapment has 2 parts:

Answer 1

1) Defendant shows the govt. induced him.

2) Govt. shows the defendant was predisposed.

Question 2

Inducement

Answer 2

• soliciting, initiating, or suggesting the commission of a crime by persuasion.

Question 3

Permitted Inducements

Answer 3

• deception
• decoys
• money (reasonable amounts)
• assistance

**none of these violate due process

Question 4

Prohibited Inducements

Answer 4

• sympathy
• money (large unreasonable amounts)
• pressure phone calls
• violence

**violate due process

Question 5

Predisposition

Answer 5

• readiness and willingness to break the law

- defendants “state of mind” BEFORE committing crime

Question 6

Way to prove disposition:

Answer 6

• bad acts (prior uncharged crimes)
• prior convictions/arrests
• statements (bragging)
• ready acceptance (jumps at opportunity)