What Element Must Be Present in Order for the Excuse

question 4

Multiple Choice

What element must be present in order for the excuse of necessity to be valid?

• A) The victim consented.
• B) No means of escape were available.
• C) Any reasonable person could not have behaved in any other way.
• D) The offense was based on a presumptive conclusion of mens rea .

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