Pressure of natural physical forces which causes the actor reasonably to believe that his or her act is the only means of preventing imminent public disaster, or imminent death or great bodily harm to the actor or another and which causes him or her so to act, is a defense to a prosecution for any crime based on that act, except that if the prosecution is for firstdegree intentional homicide, the degree of the crime is reduced to 2nd-degree intentional homicide.
Wis. Stat. § 939.47
Necessity
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 226 Wis. 2d 654 - State v. Dundon (1999)
Most recently applied in State v. Chrystul D. Kizer (July 2022)
1987 a. 399.
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.