Chapter 951. Penal Code: Statutory Construction; Principles of Criminal Liability
Section
53a-4Saving clause.53a-5Criminal liability; mental state required.53a-6Effect of ignorance or mistake.53a-7Effect of intoxication.53a-8Criminal liability for acts of another.53a-9Lack of criminal responsibility; absence of prosecution or conviction not a defense.53a-10Defense.53a-11Criminal liability of individual for conduct in name of or on behalf of corporation or limited liability company.53a-12Defenses; burden of proof.53a-13Lack of capacity due to mental disease or defect as affirmative defense.53a-14Duress as defense.53a-15Entrapment as defense.53a-16Justification as defense.53a-16aAffirmative defense in certain situations involving firearms; exceptions.53a-16bAffirmative defense of coparticipant to offense with firearm.53a-17Conduct required or authorized by law or judicial decree.53a-18Use of reasonable physical force or deadly physical force generally.53a-19Use of physical force in defense of person.53a-20Use of physical force in defense of premises.53a-21Use of physical force in defense of property.53a-22Use of physical force in making arrest or preventing escape.53a-23Use of physical force to resist arrest not justified.