MT · jury_instructions
Mont. Crim. Jury Instr. 4-103(c) (2022)
Attempt-Defense of Abandonment of Criminal Purpose
It is a defense to a charge of attempt that under circumstances manifesting a voluntary and complete renunciation of criminal purpose, a person avoided commission of the offense attempted by abandoning the person's criminal effort.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.mt.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2009
- Content hash
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