People v. Lovercamp

How courts have described this case

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• holding that necessity is possible defense to charge of escape from prison
• holding that necessity is possible defense to charge of escape from prison
• requiring evidence that “[t]here is no time for a complaint to the authorities or there exists a history of futile complaints which make any result from such complaints illusory; . . . [and] [t]here is no time or opportunity to resort to the courts”
• under certain circumstances, necessity defense based upon threats of forcible sodomy may be raised in prosecution of prisoner on escape charges
• duress defense permitted where inmates escaped to avoid forcible sexual attack by fellow inmates; all four requirements met
• to receive necessity instruction for escape, defendant must immediately report to authorities upon reaching position of safety

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).