TCA 39-11-609
Necessity
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What does this charge mean?
This is a legal defense (not a crime itself) that says your conduct is justified if you reasonably believed it was immediately necessary to avoid serious harm that is about to happen right now, and the harm you prevented is clearly more serious than the harm caused by your actions, according to what a reasonable person would think.
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Except as provided in §§ 39-11-611 – 39-11-616, 39-11-620 and 39-11-621, conduct is justified, if: (1) The person reasonably believes the conduct is immediately necessary to avoid imminent harm; and (2) The desirability and urgency of avoiding the harm clearly outweigh the harm sought to be prevented by the law proscribing the conduct, according to ordinary standards of reasonableness.
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TCA Section39-11-609