In the case of the United States v. Nwoye, a woman named Queen Nwoye and Adriane Osuagwu her partner at the time, blackmailed a doctor by the name of Ikemba Iweala by extorting money from him to keep an affair her and Dr. Ikemba Iweala were having. After months of their relationship, the partner had successfully extorted $185,000.00 from the victim, Dr. Ikemba Iweala. Finally, Dr. Ikemba Iweala had confessed the affair and contacted the FBI. Once the culprits were finally arrested and charged, Nwoye had her defense claim duress. The duress defense is a used in criminal prosecution which states an individual was forced to commit a criminal act in question. The judge presiding over the case refused to give the instruction and in my opinion
