Originally Posted by
jcole
No entrapment. If the kid is legally on the porch with a beer, and the cop says 'Hey, kid, come down here, I want to talk to you' how hard would it be for the kid to put down the beer and THEN walk down the steps? This is a college kid; he should be able to figure out how to put down the drink and then walk down to street level
If the cop said 'Hey, kid, come down here and BRING THE BEER' and then ticketed him/her for open intoxicants, then I could see an argument for entrapment