CAAF Opinion Digest · III.B.9 · Defenses

Impossibility

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1 digested opinion, 2001–2001 Terms
2001
United States v. Roeseler, 55 M.J. 286 · decided Aug 6, 2001 · No. 01-0077/AR
  1. the defense of impossibility of the crime attempted or conspired is not a defense to a charge of attempt or conspiracy under military law; therefore, because the impossibility of the offenses is not a defense to either attempt or conspiracy, it is not a defense to the charge of attempted conspiracy
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B. Defenses
Generally (13) Affirmative Defenses (20) Accident (2) Defense of Property (2) Duress (6) Entrapment (1) Former Jeopardy (6) Gambler's Defense (1) Impossibility (1) Innocent Ingestion (4) Innocent / Inadvertent Possession (1) Justification (1) Lack of Mental Responsibility (17) Mistake of Fact (14) Necessity (3) Obedience to Orders (2) Self-Defense (8)
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