505.010 Entrapment.

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(1)A person is not guilty of an offense arising out of proscribed conduct when:

(a)He was induced or encouraged to engage in that conduct by a public servant or

by a person acting in cooperation with a public servant seeking to obtain

evidence against him for the purpose of criminal prosecution; and

(b)At the time of the inducement or encouragement, he was not otherwise

disposed to engage in such conduct.

(2)The relief afforded by subsection

(1)is unavailable when:

(a)The public servant or the person acting in cooperation with a public servant

merely affords the defendant an opportunity to commit an offense; or

(b)The offense charged has physical injury or the threat of physical injury as one

(1)of its elements and the prosecution is based on conduct causing or

threatening such injury to a person other than the person perpetrating the

entrapment.

(3)The relief provided a defendant by subsection

(1)is a defense.