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2020 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
§21-156. Duress defense.
Universal Citation: 21 OK Stat § 21-156 (2020)
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.
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