Defensa por Conducta Forzada o Amenazada

Explicación Simple

Si alguien comete un delito porque tenía miedo de que le hicieran daño, no se le puede culpar. La ley entiende que esa persona no podía elegir actuar de otra manera.

Es como si alguien te empujara a hacer algo malo porque te amenazó. No es justo que te castiguen por algo que hiciste porque tenías miedo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan está en una tienda y un ladrón lo amenaza con un arma para que robe dinero en la caja. Juan, asustado, hace lo que le piden. Según la ley, no se le puede culpar por ese robo porque actuó bajo amenaza.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

HomeLegislatorsSessionInterimLawsAdministrative RulesBudgetStudentsReferencesMyLRC +SearchCodified LawsCodified LawsCodified LawsHome>Codified Laws>22>5PreviousNextGo To:(1-1-1) or Google SearchPrinter FriendlyCHAPTER22-5DEFENSES22-5-1Conduct forced or under threat of force.22-5-222-5-2to 22-5-4. Repealed bySL 1976, ch 158, §5-222-5-5Voluntary intoxication--Crimes involving motive or intent.22-5-622-5-6. Repealed bySL 1976, ch 158, §5-222-5-7Morbid propensity to commit crime.22-5-822-5-8. Repealed bySL 1978, ch 178, § 57722-5-9Repealed22-5-10Insanity as affirmative defense--Burden of proof.22-5-1.Conduct forced or under threat of force.No person may be convicted of a crime based upon conduct in which that person engaged because of the use or threatened use of unlawful force upon himself, herself, or another person, which force or threatened use of force a reasonable person in that situation would have been lawfully unable to resist.Source:SDC 1939, § 13.0501;SL 1976, ch 158, §5-1;SL 1977, ch 189, § 14;SL 1978, ch 158, § 3;SL 2005, ch 120, § 379.22-5-222-5-2 to 22-5-4.Repealed bySL 1976, ch 158, § 5-222-5-5.Voluntary intoxication--Crimes involving motive or intent.No act committed by a person while in a state of voluntary intoxication may be deemed less criminal by reason of such condition. But if the actual existence of any particular purpose, motive, or intent is a necessary element to constitute any particular species or degree of crime, the jury may take into consideration the fact that the accused was intoxicated at the time in determining the purpose, motive, or intent with which the accused committed the act.Source:SDC 1939, § 13.0504;SL 2005, ch 120, § 380.22-5-622-5-6.Repealed bySL 1976, ch 158, § 5-222-5-7.Morbid propensity to commit crime.A morbid propensity