40.00 - Duress.

§ 40.00 Duress.    1.  In  any  prosecution  for an offense, it is an affirmative defense  that the defendant engaged in the  proscribed  conduct  because  he  was  coerced  to  do  so  by  the  use or threatened imminent use of unlawful  physical force upon him or a third person,  which  force  or  threatened  force  a  person of reasonable firmness in his situation would have been  unable to resist.    2. The defense of duress as defined in subdivision one of this section  is not available  when  a  person  intentionally  or  recklessly  places  himself in a situation in which it is probable that he will be subjected  to duress.