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17-A M.R.S. § 103-B — Involuntary conduct
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Chapter 5: Defenses and Affirmative Defenses; Justification, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 17-A M.R.S. § 103-B
Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.
1. It is a defense that, when a person causes a result or engages in forbidden conduct, the person's act or omission to act is involuntary.
2. An omission to act is involuntary if the person fails to perform an act and:
A. The person is not capable of performing the act;
B. The person has no legal duty to perform the act; or
C. The person has no opportunity to perform the act.
3. Possession of something is involuntary if the person:
A. Did not knowingly procure or receive the thing possessed; or
B. Was not aware of the person's control of the possession for a sufficient period to have been able to terminate the person's possession of the thing.
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