Tony Is Playing Basketball with Some Friends

question 63

Multiple Choice

Tony is playing basketball with some friends. A stranger walks onto the basketball court and pulls out a gun. The stranger tells Tony to take all of his friend’s money and give it to him or he will shoot him. Tony takes the wallets from his friend’s and gives the stranger their money.
-​If Tony is charged with a crime,what element of his defense might be at issue?

• A) ​nature of the threat
• B) ​immediacy of the threat
• C) ​level of belief regarding the threat
• D) ​all of these elements might be at issue

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