Fla. Stat. 777.201
Entrapment

(1)

A law enforcement officer, a person engaged in cooperation with a law enforcement officer, or a person acting as an agent of a law enforcement officer perpetrates an entrapment if, for the purpose of obtaining evidence of the commission of a crime, he or she induces or encourages and, as a direct result, causes another person to engage in conduct constituting such crime by employing methods of persuasion or inducement which create a substantial risk that such crime will be committed by a person other than one who is ready to commit it.

(2)

A person prosecuted for a crime shall be acquitted if the person proves by a preponderance of the evidence that his or her criminal conduct occurred as a result of an entrapment. The issue of entrapment shall be tried by the trier of fact.

Source: Section 777.201 — Entrapment, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0777.­201 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

Current through Fall 2025

§ 777.201. Entrapment's source at flsenate​.gov