N.Y. PEN Law § 40.05
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 40.05, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Entrapment
Official statutory text
§ 40.05 Entrapment.\n In any prosecution for an offense, it is an affirmative defense that\nthe defendant engaged in the proscribed conduct because he was induced\nor encouraged to do so by a public servant, or by a person acting in\ncooperation with a public servant, seeking to obtain evidence against\nhim for purpose of criminal prosecution, and when the methods used to\nobtain such evidence were such as to create a substantial risk that the\noffense would be committed by a person not otherwise disposed to commit\nit. Inducement or encouragement to commit an offense means active\ninducement or encouragement. Conduct merely affording a person an\nopportunity to commit an offense does not constitute entrapment.\n
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