Duress:

• Library: The Rulebook: The Definitive Quick Reference Guide for New York Criminal Law Practitioners (2020 Ed.)

► DURESS: Duress is an affirmative defense turning on the issue whether the defendant engaged in prohibited conduct because he or she was coerced to do so by the use or threatened imminent use of unlawfully physical force upon the defendant or a third person. The force r threatened force must be such as that...