Defendant's sole contention on this appeal is that the trial court erred in not granting judgment for the defendant, as a matter of law, because the defense of entrapment had been established, and, alternatively, in refusing to submit the issue of entrapment to the jury as a question of fact. Section 40.05 of the Penal Law provides that entrapment is an affirmative defense. Subdivision 2 of section 25.00 of the Penal Law states that "When a defense declared by statute to...
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