Ark. Code Ann. § 5-2-209

Entrapment

Year: 2026Length: 226 wordsSubsections: 2
(a) It is an affirmative defense that the defendant was entrapped into committing an offense. (b) (1) Entrapment occurs when a law enforcement officer or any person acting in cooperation with a law enforcement officer induces the commission of an offense by using persuasion or other means likely to cause a normally law-abiding person to commit the offense. (2) Conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit an offense does not constitute entrapment. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 209; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-209. (a) It is an affirmative defense that the defendant was entrapped into committing an offense. (b) (1) Entrapment occurs when a law enforcement officer or any person acting in cooperation with a law enforcement officer induces the commission of an offense by using persuasion or other means likely to cause a normally law-abiding person to commit the offense. (2) Conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit an offense does not constitute entrapment. (1) Entrapment occurs when a law enforcement officer or any person acting in cooperation with a law enforcement officer induces the commission of an offense by using persuasion or other means likely to cause a normally law-abiding person to commit the offense. (2) Conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit an offense does not constitute entrapment. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 209; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-209.