Arkansas Statutes
§ 5-2-208 — Duress
Arkansas·Title 5
(a)It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution that the actor engaged in the conduct charged to constitute an offense because the actor reasonably believed he or she was compelled to engage in the conduct by the threat or use of unlawful force against the actor's person or the person of another that a person of ordinary firmness in the actor's situation would not have resisted.
(b)The affirmative defense provided by this section is unavailable if the actor recklessly placed himself or herself in a situation in which it was reasonably foreseeable that the actor would be subjected to the force or threatened force described in subsection (a) of this section.
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Related
Pugh v. State
89 S.W.3d 909 (Supreme Court of Arkansas, 2002)
Wright v. State
983 S.W.2d 397 (Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1998)
Barr v. State
984 S.W.2d 792 (Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1999)
Cole v. State
913 S.W.2d 255 (Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1996)
Legislative History
Acts 1975, No. 280, § 208; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-208.
Nearby Sections
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§ 5-1-101
Title§ 5-1-102
Definitions§ 5-1-103
Applicability to offenses generally§ 5-1-104
Territorial applicability§ 5-1-106
Felonies§ 5-1-107
Misdemeanors§ 5-1-108
Violations§ 5-1-109
Statute of limitations