DETECTION

detection.  The  act  of  discovering  or  revealing  something  that  was  hidden,  esp.  to  solve  a

“There is a clear distinction between inducing a person  to  do an  unlawful act and setting a

trap  to  catch  him  in  the  execution  of  a  criminal  plan  of  his  own  conception.  There  is  also  a

distinction  between  the  terms  ‘detection’  and  ‘entrapment,’  as  applied  to  the  activities  of  law

enforcement officers. Legitimate detection  of crime  occurs when officers test a suspected person

by  offering  him  an  opportunity  to  transgress  the  law  in  such  manner  as  is  usual  in  the  activity

alleged  to  be  unlawful. On  the  other  hand,  entrapment  occurs  when  officers induce  a  person  to

violate the law when he would not otherwise do so.” 21 Am. Jur. 2d Criminal Law § 202 (1981). [Blacks Law 8th]