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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-13-208

Coercion

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Rodgers v. Bryant (2017)

Most recently applied in Rodgers v. Bryant (September 2017)

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 1609; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-1609.

(1) A person commits coercion if he or she compels or induces another person to engage in conduct from which the other person has a legal right to abstain, or to abstain from engaging in conduct in which the other person has a legal right to engage, by purposeful conduct designed to instill in the other person a fear that, if a demand is not complied with, the actor or another person will: Cause physical injury to any person;

(2) Cause damage to property;

(3) Subject any person to physical confinement;

(4) Accuse any person of an offense or cause criminal proceedings to be instituted against any person; or

(5) Expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or false, tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule.

(6) Coercion is a Class A misdemeanor.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.