Assisting another to commit or attempt suicide

1. Law
2. Maryland Code
3. Criminal Law
4. Other Crimes Against the Person
5. Suicide
6. Assisting another to commit or attempt suicide

    With the purpose of assisting another individual to commit or attempt to commit suicide, an individual may not:

        (1)    by coercion, duress, or deception, knowingly cause another individual to commit suicide or attempt to commit suicide;

        (2)    knowingly provide the physical means by which another individual commits or attempts to commit suicide with knowledge of that individual’s intent to use the physical means to commit suicide; or

        (3)    knowingly participate in a physical act by which another individual commits or attempts to commit suicide.

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