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Norris v. State

Citations

  • 489 S.E.2d 875
  • 227 Ga. App. 616
  • 97 Fulton County D. Rep. 3023
  • 1997 Ga. App. LEXIS 989

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  • “[C]oercion is a defense only if the person coerced has no reasonable way, other than committing the crime, to escape the threat of harm. That question is for the jury.”
  • trial court not required to accept defendant’s stipulation offer because “the lawful confinement of the appellant at the time of his escape was a necessary element of [the felony escape] offense”

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Judges: Blackburn, Pope, Johnson

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