People v. Verdejo Meléndez

Mr. Justice Dávila

delivered the opinion of the Court.

1. The appellant, an Internal Revenue Officer of the Treasury Department, was accused of bribery. He denied the facts charged against him and also contended, as a defense, that he was led to commit them by an undercover agent of the Unit of Investigations of the Treasury Department.1 In People v. Pérez, 72 P.R.R. 809 (1951), we decided that the defense of entrapment is positive and “when invoked [it] admits that the act with which the defendant is charged as a public offense was committed by him.” See also: State v. Good, 165 N.E.2d 28…