Illinois Compiled Statutes 720 ILCS 5 Criminal Code of 2012. Section 7-13

    (720 ILCS 5/7-13) (from Ch. 38, par. 7-13)

    Sec. 7-13. Necessity.

    Conduct which would otherwise be an offense is justifiable by reason of necessity if the accused was without blame in occasioning or developing the situation and reasonably believed such conduct was necessary to avoid a public or private injury greater than the injury which might reasonably result from his own conduct.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1983.)

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