Aiding or soliciting suicide

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§204. Aiding or soliciting suicide

1.  A person is guilty of aiding or soliciting suicide if he intentionally aids or solicits another to commit suicide, and the other commits or attempts suicide.  

[PL 1977, c. 510, §41 (RPR).]

2.  Aiding or soliciting suicide is a Class D crime.  

[PL 1977, c. 510, §41 (RPR).]

3.  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under subsection 1 that the person's conduct was expressly authorized by Title 22, chapter 418.  

[PL 2019, c. 271, §3 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 740, §41 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 510, §41 (RPR). PL 2019, c. 271, §3 (AMD).


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