KS 52.220 Use of Force in Defense of Property Other Than a Dwelling, Place of Work, or Occupied Vehicle

Pattern Instructions for Kansas – Criminal 4th
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Chapter 52 Principles of Criminal Liability

52.220 Use of Force in Defense of Property Other Than a Dwelling, Place of Work, or Occupied Vehicle

The defendant claims (his) (her) conduct was permitted as a lawful defense of (his) (her) property.

A person lawfully in possession of property is permitted to insert one of the choices from below :

– use such physical force not likely to cause death or great bodily harm against another person [–including using a weapon–] [–including through the actions of another–]

or

– threaten by words or actions to use physical force against another person [–including a threat to cause death or great bodily harm–]

or

– display to another person a insert the means of force used

to (prevent) (stop) an unlawful interference with (his) (her) property as would appear necessary to a reasonable person under the circumstances then existing.

 

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