39-11-609 - Necessity. - Tennessee Statutes

39-11-609. Necessity.

Except as provided in §§ 39-11-611 39-11-616, 39-11-620 and 39-11-621, conduct is justified, if:

     (1)  The person reasonably believes the conduct is immediately necessary to avoid imminent harm; and

     (2)  The desirability and urgency of avoiding the harm clearly outweigh the harm sought to be prevented by the law proscribing the conduct, according to ordinary standards of reasonableness.

[Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.]