Excuse: Duress
Cases
Abbot v. The Queen, (1976) 3 All ER 140 (Privy Council). U.S. v. Contento-Pachon, 723 F.2d 691, 693 (9th Cir. 1984).
People v. Harmon (1974), 53 Mich. App. 482, 220 N.W.2d 212.
Regina v. Hudson, 2 All E.R. 244, 246 (C.A. 1971).
People v. Lovercamp (1974), 43 Cal. App. 3d 823, 118 Cal. Rptr. 110.
Lynch v. Director of Public Prosecutions of Northern Ireland (1975) 1 All ER 913.
U.S. v. Olsen,20 C.M.R. 461, 462 (1955).
People v. Romero, 10 Cal. App. 4th 1150, 13 Cal. Rptr. 2d 332 (1992).
State v. Toscano, 74 N.J. 421, 378 A.2d 755 (1977).
People v. Unger, 66 Ill. 2d 333, 362 N.E.2d 319 (1977).
Additional topics
Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationCrime and Criminal LawExcuse: Duress - The Nature Of The Threat, The Nature Of The Crime, The Mistaken Defendant, The Semiculpable Defendant - Superior orders: husbands and wives