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Utah Supreme Court· 7/20/1981

State v. Harding

Citations

  • 635 P.2d 33
  • 1981 Utah LEXIS 840

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  • concluding that a defendant was not justified in escaping from prison even though other inmates • had threatened his life
  • requiring that a threat of imminent use of unlawful force be communicated
  • extending Castillo 's analysis of jury instructions on the theory of self-defense to other defense theories
  • extending Castillo’s analysis of jury instructions on the theory of self-defense to other defense theories
  • stating “a threat directed to some indefinite time in the future is not an imminent threat” for purposes of the defense of compulsion

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Judges: Howe, Hall, Stewart, Oaks, Maughan

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