United States v. Lopez

Ronald McIntosh (defendant) flew a helicopter onto prison grounds to help his girlfriend, Samantha Lopez, escape, believing prison officials had threatened her life; the two were caught ten days later and both charged with prison escape. At trial, Lopez sought to raise a necessity or duress defense, and McIntosh requested an instruction that the jury must acquit him of aiding and abetting her escape if it acquitted Lopez based on necessity or duress.