Sec. 10. With respect to a charge under IC 35-41-2-4, IC 35-41-5-1, or IC 35-41-5-2, it is a defense that the person who engaged in the prohibited conduct voluntarily abandoned his effort to commit the underlying crime and voluntarily prevented its commission.
Ind. Code § 35-41-3-10
Abandonment
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Whitener v. State (1998)
Most recently applied in Riley M. Randall v. State of Indiana (December 2018)
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.1
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