In the objective approach, entrapment may be found when

In the objective approach, entrapment may be found when

• A. the defendant was already guilty before police involvement
• B. the state provided an essential element or there was extensive coercive pressure
• C. the crime would have occurred without government involvement
• D. the police acted with complete legality

Answer: (B)

In the objective approach, entrapment is about the government's conduct creating the opportunity or pushing someone to commit a crime they wouldn’t have otherwise chosen to commit. If the state provides an essential element of the crime or uses extensive coercive pressure, it shows the government’s involvement was what produced the offense, not the defendant’s own decision. That is why supplying a key element or employing heavy coercion fits the entrapment idea under this approach. The other scenarios don’t fit as well: if the crime would have occurred without government involvement, there’s no entrapment because the act isn’t the product of government inducement; if the person was already guilty before police involvement, entrapment isn’t at play since the crime wasn’t induced by government action; and police acting legally wouldn’t, by itself, establish entrapment because the defining feature is government-induced crime, not lawful police conduct.

In the objective approach, entrapment is about the government's conduct creating the opportunity or pushing someone to commit a crime they wouldn’t have otherwise chosen to commit. If the state provides an essential element of the crime or uses extensive coercive pressure, it shows the government’s involvement was what produced the offense, not the defendant’s own decision. That is why supplying a key element or employing heavy coercion fits the entrapment idea under this approach.

The other scenarios don’t fit as well: if the crime would have occurred without government involvement, there’s no entrapment because the act isn’t the product of government inducement; if the person was already guilty before police involvement, entrapment isn’t at play since the crime wasn’t induced by government action; and police acting legally wouldn’t, by itself, establish entrapment because the defining feature is government-induced crime, not lawful police conduct.