Criminal coercion - 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2906

     § 2906.  Criminal coercion.
        (a)  Offense defined.--A person is guilty of criminal
     coercion, if, with intent unlawfully to restrict freedom of
     action of another to the detriment of the other, he threatens
     to:
            (1)  commit any criminal offense;
            (2)  accuse anyone of a criminal offense;
            (3)  expose any secret tending to subject any person to
        hatred, contempt or ridicule; or
            (4)  take or withhold action as an official, or cause an
        official to take or withhold action.
        (b)  Defense.--It is a defense to prosecution based on
     paragraphs (a)(2), (a)(3) or (a)(4) of this section that the
     actor believed the accusation or secret to be true or the
     proposed official action justified and that his intent was
     limited to compelling the other to behave in a way reasonably
     related to the circumstances which were the subject of the
     accusation, exposure or proposed official action, as by
     desisting from further misbehavior, making good a wrong done,
     refraining from taking any action or responsibility for which
     the actor believes the other disqualified.
        (c)  Grading.--Criminal coercion is a misdemeanor of the
     second degree unless the threat is to commit a felony or the
     intent of the actor is felonious, in which cases the offense is
     a misdemeanor of the first degree.

        Cross References.  Section 2906 is referred to in section
     3001 of this title.

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