{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-3-26","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-3-26","heading":"Coercion.","body":"A person is not guilty of a crime, except murder, if the act upon which the supposed criminal liability is based is performed under such coercion that the person reasonably believes that performing the act is the only way to prevent his imminent death or great bodily injury.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 3 Defenses to Criminal Prosecutions","Article 2 Justification and Excuse"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.16.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"24134716b6c9bc0a6c4054f4b0ee9dd3dcaf2a905b1702f455b72b182a2631ad","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-3-25","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-3-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}