Otras causas de justificación

AuthorGianni Egidio Piva Torres/Roymar Ali Armas Graterol
Pages431-435
431
| CAPÍTULO XXIV |
Otras causas de justif‌icación
SUMARIO: 1. Estado de Necesidad; 2. Estado de necesidad y legítima defensa; 3. Bie-
nes a los que puede extenderse el estado de necesidad; 4. Estructura del estado de
necesidad; 5. Estado de necesidad en exceso.
1. Estado de Necesidad
El estado de necesidad se def‌ine como: «eximente que ampara a quien, en
una situación de necesidad, para evitar un mal propio o ajeno no consistente en una
agresión ilegítima tiene que causar otro mal, siempre que este no sea mayor que el
que trata de evitar, que no haya provocación intencionada del estado de necesidad y
que la profesión o cargo del sujeto no lo obligue a sacrif‌icarse»330.
Describe la ley penal, el estado de necesidad de la siguiente manera:
CPCOL
Art. 32. 6. Se obre por la necesidad de defender un derecho propio o ajeno
contra injusta agresión actual o inminente, siempre que la defensa sea propor-
cionada a la agresión.
CPE
Art. 20. 5.º El que, en estado de necesidad, para evitar un mal propio o ajeno
lesione un bien jurídico de otra persona o infrinja un deber, siempre que con-
curran los siguientes requisitos:
330 Diccionario panhispánico del español jurídico, 2022.

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