Pre-meditated on LE's part.
[QUOTE=Hornyhaole; 1251664]No. Entrapment is a form of coercion, while what you're describing is entirely voluntary.
This is a legal bust:
Undercover cop says "Would you like this forbidden thing for $$?"
You say "Yes."
This is not:
Cop (undercover or not) says "Buy this forbidden thing or we'll hurt you in some fashion."
That's entrapment.
The officer can offer you anything they want and once you voluntarily agree to pay the jig's up.
Other myths:
The LE check is total hogwash. Feeling each other up means nothing.
They don't have to state whether or not they're a cop. If they did they'd never be able to go undercover.[/QUOTE]LE plans it and practices it, going through the motions in their offices, then executes it in the field.
That is out and out, premeditated by any standard. The direct planning of this in LE's offices, constitutes a plan to trap somebody! If it was not pre-planned, yes I would agree, not entrapment. This scenario was planned, practiced in their offices and then executed. Okay then, but definitely planned and coerced by LE as a means to incarcerate a citizen.
Definitely "ENTRAPMENT"!