{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "penal", "section": "135.75", "citation": "Penal Law § 135.75", "heading": "Coercion; defense", "text": ["§ 135.75 Coercion; defense.", "In any prosecution for coercion committed by instilling in the victim a fear that he or another person would be charged with a crime, it is an affirmative defense that the defendant reasonably believed the threatened charge to be true and that his sole purpose was to compel or induce the victim to take reasonable action to make good the wrong which was the subject of such threatened charge."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/135.75", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "For coercion based on threatening a criminal charge, it is an **affirmative defense that the defendant reasonably believed the charge was true and acted solely to make the victim take reasonable action to correct the underlying wrong**. ★", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/penal/135.75", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}