New Hampshire · New Hampshire RSA — Title LXII, Criminal Code; controlled drugs
N.H. RSA (Criminal Code) § 627:3: Competing Harms
What this law says, in plain English
This statute defines a legal justification defense (competing harms) that allows conduct otherwise prohibited by law if avoiding harm outweighs the harm the law seeks to prevent, except when the defendant was reckless or negligent in creating the circumstances.
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