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.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-15
Entrapment as defense
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case United States v. Valencia (1980)
Most recently applied in United States v. Valencia (March 1981)
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 15.)
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.