§ 21-156. Duress defense.

A person is entitled to assert duress as a defense if that person committed a prohibited act or omission because of a reasonable belief that there was imminent danger of death or great bodily harm from another upon oneself, ones spouse, or ones child.

R.L. 1910, § 2098; Laws 1992, c. 159, § 1, emerg. eff. May 5, 1992.