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Oklahoma Uniform Jury Instructions
Criminal 2nd Edition ( including 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012 supplements )

OUJI-CR 8-23

DEFENSE OF DURESS - DEFINITION

Omission - Failure to act when there is a legal duty to do so.

References: Wharton's Criminal Law § 25:116-17 (14th ed. 1978); R. Perkins, Criminal Law 591 (2d ed. 1969).
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