Jay participated in a drug deal with a person he was unaware was an undercover police officer. At trial, he argued that he did not possess the criminal intent to sell illegal drugs and that but for the police officer’s actions, he would not have broken the law. Jay’s defense constitutes which of the following?

a. objective test for entrapment
b. subjective trickery defense
c. objective coercion defense
d. subjective test for entrapment


d. subjective test for entrapment

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