State v. Irons

Brandon Irons (defendant), an inmate at a work-release facility, signed out for work but failed to return after other inmates, angered by an interview he gave about the facility, chased him and threatened to kill him upon his return; Irons repeatedly tried but failed to reach the facility's assistant administrator by phone, then fled to Texas instead of returning, and was arrested five months later. Irons was charged with aggravated escape, and the trial court excluded his testimony about the threats, ruling the danger was not sufficiently imminent to support a compulsion defense; he was convicted and appealed.