North Dakota Code § 12.1-05-10

Duress
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1. In a prosecution for any offense, it is an affirmative defense that the actor engaged in 
the proscribed conduct because he was compelled to do so by threat of imminent 
death or serious bodily injury to himself or to another. In a prosecution for an offense 
which does not constitute a felony, it is an affirmative defense that the actor engaged 
in the proscribed conduct because he was compelled to do so by force or threat of 
force. Compulsion within the meaning of this section exists only if the force, threat, or 
circumstances are such as would render a person of reasonable firmness incapable of 
resisting the pressure.
2. The defense defined in this section is not available to a person who, by voluntarily 
entering into a criminal enterprise, or otherwise, willfully placed himself in a situation in 
which it was foreseeable that he would be subjected to duress. The defense is also 
unavailable if he was negligent in placing himself in such a situation, whenever 
negligence suffices to establish culpability for the offense charged.

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