{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-14","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-14","heading":"Duress as defense.","body":"In any prosecution for an offense, it shall be a defense that the defendant engaged in the proscribed conduct because he was coerced by the use or threatened imminent use of physical force upon him or a third person, which force or threatened force a person of reasonable firmness in his situation would have been unable to resist. The defense of duress as defined in this section shall not be available to a person who intentionally or recklessly places himself in a situation in which it is probable that he will be subjected to duress.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 951*. PENAL CODE: STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION; PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_951.htm#sec_53a-14","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"512811414ede0eca6dc273d4813b633494a97f78e31b1eb5ae5544f7b75d9f09","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-13","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}