Define necessity and identify the five conditions which must be in place for a defense of necessity to succeed
What will be an ideal response?
Necessity is a justification defense in which the defendant commits a crime out of necessity or to avoid a greater evil. In general, for a defense of necessity to succeed, five conditions must be in place. 1) A threat of 2) imminent injury to [a] person or property 3) for which there are no (reasonable) alternatives except the commission of the crime; 4) The defendant's acts must prevent an equal or more serious harm; [and] 5) the defendant must not have created the conditions of his own [doing].
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