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Old 01-11-2007, 10:04 AM   #4
Mike P
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Originally Posted by fishsmith View Post
entrapment is defined as "the luring by a law-enforcement agent of a person into committing a crime. "

I don't see how a cop hiding is luring the speeder to speed.
Exactly. And one of the keys to a successful entrapment defense is a showing that the defendant wasn't "pre-disposed" to commit the crime and wouldn't have committed it but for the police enticing him into committing it.

I don't know of any law that ever said a cruiser had to be "visible" to oncoming speeders. I think it resulted from a practical matter, ie, older types of radar needing a clear line of sight to be effective.

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