GA 16-3-25 - GA 16-3-25

Conduct of State Agents Reasonable person standard applies. - State agent's conduct is to be viewed objectively, and evaluated by the jury in light of the standard of conduct exercised by reasonable persons generally. Keaton v. State, 253 Ga. 70 , 316 S.E.2d 452 (1984). Subjective state of mind irrelevant. - While proof of a defendant's "innocent" state of mind (i.e., nonpredisposition) is essential to maintenance of a successful entrapment defense, the state agent's subjective state of mind is irrelevant to the determination of whether the crime was induced by "undue persuasion, incitement, or deceitful means." Keaton v. State, 253 Ga. 70 , 316 S.E.2d 452 (1984). Portion of instruction which read "If an officer acts in good faith in the honest belief that the defendant is engaged in unlaw...