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Tex. Penal Code § 8.06 — Entrapment
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 8: GENERAL DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY, Texas Penal Code.
Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 8.06
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
(a) It is a defense to prosecution that the actor engaged in the conduct charged because he was induced to do so by a law enforcement agent using persuasion or other means likely to cause persons to commit the offense. Conduct merely affording a person an opportunity to commit an offense does not constitute entrapment. (b) In this section "law enforcement agent" includes personnel of the state and local law enforcement agencies as well as of the United States and any person acting in accordance with instructions from such agents.
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