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Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Chapter 3. DEFENSES TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS

20 sections · 16-3-1 to 16-3-40

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Article 1. RESPONSIBILITY

  1. 16-3-1Minimum age.
  2. 16-3-2Mental capacity; insanity.
  3. 16-3-3Delusional compulsion.
  4. 16-3-4Intoxication.
  5. 16-3-5Mistake of fact.
  6. 16-3-6Affirmative defenses to certain sexual crimes.

Article 2. JUSTIFICATION AND EXCUSE

  1. 16-3-20Justification.
  2. 16-3-21Use of force in defense of self or others; evidence of belief that force was necessary in murder or manslaughter prosecution.
  3. 16-3-22Immunity from criminal liability of persons rendering assistance to law enforcement officers.
  4. 16-3-22.1Persons who provide assistance to law enforcement officers or the Division of Family and Children Services when the health and safety of children are adversely affected and threatened.
  5. 16-3-23Use of force in defense of habitation.
  6. 16-3-23.1No duty to retreat prior to use of force in self-defense.
  7. 16-3-24Use of force in defense of property other than a habitation.
  8. 16-3-24.1Habitation and personal property defined.
  9. 16-3-24.2Immunity from prosecution; exception.
  10. 16-3-25Entrapment.
  11. 16-3-26Coercion.
  12. 16-3-27Benefit of clergy.
  13. 16-3-28Affirmative defenses.

Article 3. ALIBI

  1. 16-3-40Alibi.