Does the necessity defense apply to a defendant convicted of entering military property?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Dorrell, 758 F.2d 427 (9th Cir. 1985):
Id. at 1276; accord United States v. Cassidy, 616 F.2d 101, 102 (4th Cir.1979); cf. Quilty, 741 F.2d at 1033-34 (defendants convicted of illegally entering military property were not entitled to a judgment of acquittal based on the necessity defense because of the availability of reasonable, legal, alternative ways to express their political message).
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