195 Ga. App. 302 - Emanuel v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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11 state decisions

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1. “[a] person is not guilty of a crime if, by entrapment, his conduct is induced or solicited by a government officer or employee, or agent of either, for the purpose of obtaining evidence to be used in prosecuting the person for commission of the crime. Entrapment exists where the idea and intention of the commission of the crime originated with a government officer or employee, or with an agent of either, and he, by undue persuasion, incitement, or deceitful means, induced the accused to commit the act which the accused would not have committed except for the conduct of such officer.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 223 Ga. App. 787 - Haralson v. State

2. “inferences and suggestion are not sufficient to meet the State's burden of showing `beyond a reasonable doubt that the [defendant was] predisposed to commit the [offense].' (Emphasis supplied.) [Cit.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 223 Ga. App. 787 - Haralson v. State

3. “`The record is absolutely devoid of evidence ... that the circumstances surrounding the solicitations by the ... informant occurred in a way other than that testified to by [the defendant].' [Cit.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 223 Ga. App. 787 - Haralson v. State