Imminent and impending definition
Imminent and impending means the [danger] [emergency] is about to take place and cannot be avoided by using other means. A threat of future harm is not sufficient to prove this defense. Nor can the defendant use the defense of [duress] [necessity] if [he] [she] committed the crime after the danger from the threatened harm had passed.
Imminent and impending means the danger or emergency is about to take place and cannot be avoided by using other means.