Entrapment Is an Affirmative Defense Claiming That

question 8

Multiple Choice

Entrapment is an affirmative defense claiming that .

• A) the defendant's mental condition precluded him or her from understanding the wrongful nature of the act committed or from distinguishing wrong from right in general
• B) the idea for the crime did not originate with the defendant but was put into the defendant's mind by a police officer or other government official
• C) the defendant was forced to commit the wrongful act by threat of immediate bodily harm or loss of life
• D) a mistake made by the defendant vitiates criminal intent

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