Saint Paul, MN asked in Criminal Law for Indiana

Q: If someone issued threats via text or messenger, and then invited you to meet them for mutual combat, and you went

To that location and entered into mutual combat, yet all the while the other person had someone secretly videotape the encounter and then the other pwrson tried to claim you assaulted them , is that not entrapment????

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Paul Stanko
Paul Stanko
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  • Criminal Law Lawyer
  • Plymouth, IN
  • Licensed in Indiana

A: Entrapment is an affirmative defense against state actors (like police). It doesn't apply to private individuals.

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