What is the legal test for the defense of entrapment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. McClellan, 107 Cal.App.3d 297, 165 Cal.Rptr. 603 (Cal. App. 1980):
The defense of entrapment is designed to discourage improper police conduct by prohibiting the conviction of an individual of a crime, the commission of which was induced by law enforcement officials. The test of entrapment is whether the conduct of the law enforcement agent was likely to induce a normally law-abiding person to commit the crime. (See People v. Barraza (1979) 23 Cal.3d 675, 688-690, 153 Cal.Rptr. 459, 591 P.2d 947.)
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