Chapter 3. Defenses to Criminal Prosecutions

Article 1. Responsibility

• § 16-3-1. Minimum Age
• § 16-3-2. Mental Capacity; Insanity
• § 16-3-3. Delusional Compulsion
• § 16-3-4. Intoxication
• § 16-3-5. Mistake of Fact

Article 2. Justification and Excuse

• § 16-3-20. Justification
• § 16-3-21. Use of Force In Defense of Self Or Others; Evidence of Belief that Force Was Necessary In Murder Or Manslaughter Prosecution
• § 16-3-22. Immunity From Criminal Liability of Persons Rendering Assistance to Law Enforcement Officers
• § 16-3-23. Use of Force In Defense of Habitation
• § 16-3-23.1. [No Duty to Retreat]
• § 16-3-24. Use of Force In Defense of Property Other Than a Habitation
• § 16-3-24.1. Habitation and Personal Property Defined
• § 16-3-24.2. Immunity From Prosecution; Exception
• § 16-3-25. Entrapment
• § 16-3-26. Coercion
• § 16-3-27. Benefit of Clergy
• § 16-3-28. Affirmative Defenses

Article 3. Alibi

• § 16-3-40. Alibi