Section 14-43.16 - Affirmative defense(a) Affirmative Defense. - It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this Article that the person charged with the offense was a victim at the time of the offense and was coerced or deceived into committing the offense as a direct result of the person's status as a victim.(b) Construction. - Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or abrogate any other affirmative defense to a prosecution under this Article available to a person by statute or common law.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-43.16
Added by 2018 N.C. Sess. Laws 75,s. 2-a, eff. 12/1/2018.