Sid is a severe claustrophobic and one day, while he is going to visit his mother, the elevator in which he is traveling suddenly stops between floors and nothing Sid can do will make it start going again. Sid smashes out the ceiling in his vain attempt to get out of the elevator. When he is finally rescued, the authorities charge him with criminal damage to property. What is Sid’s best defense?

a. Duress
b. Necessity
c. Insanity
d. Compulsion


d. Compulsion

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