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In some cases, the defense lawyer can argue that the defendant cannot be prosecuted because the statutory limit for criminal prosecution has expired.
 
In some cases, the defense lawyer can argue that the defendant cannot be prosecuted because the statutory limit for criminal prosecution has expired.
  
== Defenses ==
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See [[Defenses]]
 
 
'''Table of Contents'''
 
 
 
===Procedural Defenses===
 
* [[Double jeopardy]]
 
*[[ Statutory Limitation]]
 
*[[ Lack of jurisdiction]]
 
* [[Entrapment]]
 
* [[Procedural defects]]
 
* [[Motion to suppress]]
 
*[[ Immunity and Public Authority]]
 
 
 
===Normal Defenses===
 
* [[Self-Defense]]
 
* [[Defense of others]]
 
* [[Defense of property]]
 
* [[Mental Incapacity]]
 
* [[Alibi]]
 
* [[Necessity]]
 
* [[Duress]]
 
* [[Physical Impossibility]]
 
* [[Mistake of Law]]
 
* [[Mistake of Fact]]
 
* [[Mistake of identity]]
 
* [[Consent]]
 
* [[Lack of intent]]
 
* [[Maltreated Women Syndrome]]
 
*[[ Intoxication]]
 
* [[Criminal act with Sincere Intent]]
 

Revision as of 21:12, 8 June 2010

In some cases, the defense lawyer can argue that the defendant cannot be prosecuted because the statutory limit for criminal prosecution has expired.

See Defenses