Criminal Law

Series 3400 - Defenses and Insanity

A. General Defenses

• 3400. Alibi
• 3401. Reserved for Future Use
• 3402. Duress or Threats
• 3403. Necessity
• 3404. Accident
• 3405. Parental Right to Punish a Child
• 3406. Mistake of Fact
• 3407. Defenses: Mistake of Law
• 3408. Entrapment
• 3409. When Conduct of Officer May Not Be Attributed to Defendant
• 3410. Statute of Limitations
• 3411-3424. Reserved for Future Use

B. Impairment Defenses

• 3425. Unconsciousness
• 3426. Voluntary Intoxication
• 3427. Involuntary Intoxication
• 3428. Mental Impairment: Defense to Specific Intent or Mental State
• 3429. Reasonable Person Standard for Physically Disabled Person
• 3430-3449. Reserved for Future Use

C. Insanity and Civil Commitments

• 3450. Insanity: Determination, Effect of Verdict
• 3451. Present Mental Competence of Defendant
• 3452. Determining Restoration to Sanity
• 3453. Extension of Commitment
• 3454. Commitment as Sexually Violent Predator
• 3455. Idiocy as a Defense
• 3456-3469. Reserved for Future Use

D. Self-Defense and Defense of Another

• 3470. Right to Self-Defense or Defense of Another (Non-Homicide)
• 3471. Right to Self-Defense: Mutual Combat or Initial Aggressor
• 3472. Right to Self-Defense: May Not Be Contrived
• 3473. Reserved for Future Use
• 3474. Danger No Longer Exists or Attacker Disabled
• 3475. Right to Eject Trespasser From Real Property
• 3476. Right to Defend Real or Personal Property
• 3477. Presumption That Resident Was Reasonably Afraid of Death or Great Bodily Injury
• 3478-3499. Reserved for Future Use