"Legally" Breaking the Law

[MikeBKY]

The common law terms for this are called “necessity” or “choice of evils.” I addressed this in another chain with a link below.

@MikeBKY

I cannot speak to the laws of other jurisdictions, however, “necessity” or “choice of evils” was a common law defense and has been adapted by many jurisdictions, including Kentucky. A link to the Kentucky statute is below. You can google those terms in your own state’s statutes under justification and/or defenses.

It generally means that it is a defense to the commission of a crime that the offense committed is justifiable when the defendant believes that it is necessary to avoid a public or private injury greater than the offense prevented by the offense charged.

For instance, busting the window of a car out to get a child out who was left in a car on a hot day would be justified.

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19667

CCW while masked in the time of covid19

I’ll amen those dark glasses