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· 2/15/1984

United States v. Gary May

Citations

  • 727 F.2d 764
  • 14 Fed. R. Serv. 1872
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 25434

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that coercion excuses a criminal act only when it “induce[s] a well-grounded apprehension of death or serious bodily injury if the act is not done”
  • reciting the coercion test and calling it a duress defense

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Judges: Fagg, McMILLIAN, Per Curiam, Ross

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