It is a defense that the actor, in engaging in the conduct charged to constitute an offense, does no more than execute an order of his superior in the armed services which he does not know and cannot reasonably be expected to know to be unlawful.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Section 301 - Requirement of voluntary act
Section 302 - General requirements of culpability
Section 303 - Causal relationship between conduct and result
Section 304 - Ignorance or mistake
Section 305 - Limitations on scope of culpability requirements
Section 306 - Liability for conduct of another; complicity
Section 307 - Liability of organizations and certain related persons
Section 308 - Intoxication or drugged condition
Section 312 - De minimis infractions