Connecticut § 53a-15 Entrapment as defense.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 53a-15 — Entrapment as defense.

Connecticut § 53a-15

Title 53aPenal Code

Ch. 951Penal Code: Statutory Construction; Principles of Criminal Liability

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-15 (2026).

Text

In any prosecution for an offense, it shall be a defense that the defendant engaged in the proscribed conduct because he was induced to do so by a public servant, or by a person acting in cooperation with a public servant, for the purpose of institution of criminal prosecution against the defendant, and that the defendant did not contemplate and would not otherwise have engaged in such conduct.

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Legislative History

(1969, P.A. 828, S. 15.) Cited. 173 C. 197; Id., 431. Defendant is entitled to a theory of defense instruction as a matter of law when evidence under section is before jury. 178 C. 704. Cited. 195 C. 70; 201 C. 211; 204 C. 240; 209 C. 75; 229 C. 60. Trial court did not err in refusing to instruct jury on defense of entrapment because there was no evidence presented that defendant was initially unwilling to commit a crime or that the actions of the officers actually implanted a criminal design in defendant's mind. 305 C. 330. Cited. 8 CA 158; 20 CA 395; 21 CA 326; 23 CA 392; 30 CA 470; 42 CA 751; 46 CA 486.