New Hampshire · New Hampshire RSA — Title LXII, Criminal Code; controlled drugs

N.H. RSA (Criminal Code) § 626:5: Entrapment

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What this law says, in plain English

This statute defines entrapment as an affirmative legal defense available when law enforcement induces someone to commit a crime using methods that risk causing non-disposed persons to offend. Mere opportunity to commit an offense does not constitute entrapment.

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