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Wentworth v. State

Citations

  • 349 A.2d 421
  • 29 Md. App. 110
  • 1975 Md. App. LEXIS 313

How courts have described this case

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  • issue of imperfect defense of duress generated where appellant testified she feared being killed at any minute
  • “[D]uress, coercion or compulsion is ordinarily a valid defense to a charge of crime.”

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Judges: Moylan, Menchine, Moore

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