Exam 22: Entrapment

The factual issue of whether the defendant was actually entrapped is a question of ________, not a question of ________.

The entrapment test that courts use is typically determined by the criminal code.

Merely affording opportunities or facilities for the commission of the act does not lead to a valid entrapment defense.

Entrapment is defined as the actions of government officials with the goal of ________ to induce a person to commit a crime that was not contemplated by the person.

The current ________ view on the entrapment defense rejects the predisposition test and focuses solely on the conduct of the government. If the conduct of the government is outrageous, the accused is entitled to the entrapment defense.

Which of the following best describes entrapment?

The ________ entrapment test focuses on a defendant's predisposition, and holds that entrapment exists only if the accused had no predisposition to commit the offense but did so because of inducement by the government agent.

Supplying one of the necessary ingredients for the manufacture of a prohibited drug constitutes entrapment.

In which of the following decisions did the Court rule that there is entrapment if the government induces an individual to commit a crime that he or she otherwise would not have committed?

There is entrapment when a government informant supplies heroin to a suspect who is predisposed to commit the crime.

A person entrapped is guilty of a criminal offense.

The ________ entrapment test focuses on the conduct of the government agent by asking: Were the activities of the government agent so instigative that they could well have induced an innocent person to commit the crime?

The objective test holds that entrapment exists only if the accused had no predisposition to commit the offense but did so because of inducement by a government agent.

Who has the burden of proving that entrapment occurred?

If entrapment evidence is brought into trial, who decides whether police actions would have induced a law-abiding citizen to commit a crime?

Implanting in defendant's mind the desire to commit a criminal act leads to a valid entrapment defense.