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2024 Montana Code Annotated
Title 45. Crimes
Chapter 2. General Principles of Liability
Part 2. Other Factors Affecting Individual Liability
45-2-213. Entrapment
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MT Code § 45-2-213 (2024)
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45-2-213. Entrapment. A person is not guilty of an offense if the person's conduct is incited or induced by a public servant or a public servant's agent for the purpose of obtaining evidence for the prosecution of the person. However, this section is inapplicable if a public servant or a public servant's agent merely affords to the person the opportunity or facility for committing an offense in furtherance of criminal purpose that the person has originated.
History: En. 94-3-111 by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 94-3-111; amd. Sec. 1638, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
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