North Dakota Statutes
§ 12.1-05-11 — Entrapment
North Dakota § 12.1-05-11
JurisdictionNorth Dakota
Title 12.1Criminal Code
Ch. 12.1-05Justification - Excuse - Affirmative Defenses
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N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-05-11 (2026).
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1.It is an affirmative defense that the defendant was entrapped into committing the
offense.
2.A law enforcement agent perpetrates an entrapment if, for the purpose of obtaining
evidence of the commission of a crime, the law enforcement agent induces or
encourages and, as a direct result, causes another person to engage in conduct
constituting such a crime by employing methods of persuasion or inducement which
create a substantial risk that such crime will be committed by a person other than one
who is ready to commit it. Conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit
an offense does not constitute entrapment.
3.In this section "law enforcement agent" includes personnel of federal and local law
enforcement agencies as well as state agencies, and any person cooperating with
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State v. Hammeren
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State v. Brooks
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State v. Rehling
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State v. Tester
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State v. Schmidt
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State v. Barnes
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Nearby Sections
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§ 12.1-01-02
General purposes§ 12.1-01-03
Proof and presumptions§ 12.1-01-03.1
Presumption of age§ 12.1-01-04
General definitions§ 12.1-02-01
Basis of liability for offenses§ 12.1-02-02
Requirements of culpability§ 12.1-02-03
Mistake of fact in affirmative defenses§ 12.1-02-04
Ignorance or mistake negating culpability§ 12.1-02-05
Causal relationship between conduct and result§ 12.1-03-01
Accomplices§ 12.1-03-04
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