Law on use of force in defense of home and person clarified, self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, common law duty to retreat eliminated in certain cases, boundaries of dwelling expanded, presumption created, and rights extended to others defending against entry.
Law on use of force in defense of home and person clarified, self-defense and defense of home laws codified and extended, common law duty to retreat eliminated in certain cases, boundaries of dwelling expanded, presumption created, and rights extended to others defending against entry.
Law on use of force in self-defense clarified, common law duty to retreat in cases of self-defense outside the home expanded, and presumption of right to self-defense created.
Deadly force and self-defense provisions clarified, and duty to retreat eliminated.
Law clarification on use of force in self-defense
Criminal law; self-defense and defense of others; presumption of unlawful use of force under certain conditions
Law clarification on use of force in defense of home and person
Law clarification on use of force in defense of home and person
Criminal law; self-defense and defense of others; presumption of unlawful use of force under certain conditions
Duty to retreat before using reasonable force in defense of self or others eliminated.