Tamara breaks a window and climbs inside. After wandering around for hours with the temperature dropping, Tamara finds a locked cabin. Tamara gets lost while hiking in a remote, mountainous area. Third, the defendant must have an objectively reasonable belief that the greater harm is imminent and can only be avoided by committing the crime that results in the lesser harm (Tenn.
In many jurisdictions, the loss of life is never justifiable under this defense and cannot be ranked lower than any other harm (Ky. The ranking is generally up to the legislature or common law. Second, the harms must be ranked, with one of the harms ranked more severe than the other. Usually, the harms are the product of nature, or are circumstances beyond the defendant’s control (State v. First, there must be more than one harm that will occur under the circumstances. The choice of evils defense generally requires three elements. The choice of evils defense can be statutory or common-law, perfect or imperfect, depending on the jurisdiction.
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Under the Model Penal Code, “onduct which the actor believes to be necessary to avoid harm or evil…is justifiable, provided that: (a) the harm or evil sought to be avoided by such conduct is greater than that sought to be prevented by the law defining the offense charged” (Model Penal Code § 3.02(1)(a)). The choice of evils defense (called the necessity defense in some jurisdictions) protects a defendant from criminal responsibility when the defendant commits a crime to avoid a greater, imminent harm.
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