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A castle doctrine, also known as a castle law or a defense of habitation law, is a legal doctrine that designates a person's abode or any legally occupied place (for example, an automobile or a home) as a place in which that person has protections and immunities permitting one, in certain circumstances, to use force (up to and including deadly force) to defend oneself against an intruder, free ...
A stand-your-ground law, sometimes called a " line in the sand " or "no duty to retreat" law, provides that people may use deadly force when they reasonably believe it to be necessary to defend against certain violent crimes ( right of self-defense ). Under such a law, people have no duty to retreat before using deadly force in self-defense, so ...
Burden of Proof on Self-Defense. Although self-defense is commonly called a "defense," a defendant who invokes self-defense in a criminal case in Maryland does not have the burden of proving that he or she acted in self-defense. Instead, the defendant in a criminal case only has a burden of production on the issue of self-defense.
t. e. The right of self-defense (also called, when it applies to the defense of another, alter ego defense, defense of others, defense of a third person) is the right for people to use reasonable or defensive force, for the purpose of defending one's own life ( self-defense) or the lives of others, including, in certain circumstances, the use ...
Criminal defenses. In law, the duty to retreat, or requirement of safe retreat, [1] : 550 is a legal requirement in some jurisdictions that a threatened person cannot harm another in self-defense (especially lethal force) when it is possible instead to retreat to a place of safety. [1] : 549–554 This requirement contrasts with the right in ...
[11] Currently, the courts have limited the scope of Castle Doctrine/Stand Your Ground to self-defense situations occurring inside the defender's home, and neither law nor court precedents provide the defender immunity from lawsuits by the aggressor arising from the use of lethal force in self-defense. Additionally, judicial precedents in New ...
International law recognizes a right of self-defence according to the Chapter VII, Article 51 of the UN Charter, [3] as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) affirmed in the Nicaragua Case on the use of force Some commentators believe that the effect of Article 51 is only to preserve this right when an armed attack occurs, and that other acts of self-defence are banned by article 2(4). [4]
In interviews, the Madison County prosecutor said it appeared the shooting was in self-defense, under circumstances that otherwise could have resulted in Piercy being charged with robbery.