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§ 704.10

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704.10 Compulsion. No act, other than an act by which one intentionally or recklessly causes physical injury to another, is a public offense if the person so acting is compelled to do so by another’s threator menace of serious injury, provided that the person reasonably believes that such injury isimminent and can be averted only by the person doing such act. [C79, 81, §704.10] Sat Dec 23 12:27:51 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 704.10 (15, 0)