Harry Tuttle Wrote:
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> I meant to put this thread in....
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http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/890
> 80/89710.html#msg-89710
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> Re: WTF Just Happened
> Posted by: Radiophile ()
> Date: April 16, 2008 08:23AM
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> So, walking in or out of a 7-11 and being shoulder
> tapped to buy beer by an agent of law enforcement
> is entrapment. Approaching an agent of law
> enforcement and offering to buy them beer is not.
>
> ENTRAPMENT - A person is 'entrapped' when he is
> induced or persuaded by law enforcement officers
> or their agents to commit a crime that he had no
> previous intent to commit; and the law as a matter
> of policy forbids conviction in such a case.
>
> However, there is no entrapment where a person is
> ready and willing to break the law and the
> Government agents merely provide what appears to
> be a favorable opportunity for the person to
> commit the crime. For example, it is not
> entrapment for a Government agent to pretend to be
> someone else and to offer, either directly or
> through an informer or other decoy, to engage in
> an unlawful transaction with the person. So, a
> person would not be a victim of entrapment if the
> person was ready, willing and able to commit the
> crime charged in the indictment whenever
> opportunity was afforded, and that Government
> officers or their agents did no more than offer an
> opportunity.
So let's say that I, under no circumstances, am willing to buy alcoholic beverages for someone under 21 years of age. Then, is the individual who solicited me to do so breaking the law by attempting to get me to break the law?