Pattern Instructions for Kansas – Criminal 4th
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 52 Principles of Criminal Liability
52.230 Forcible Felon Not Entitled to Use Force
A person is not permitted to (use physical force) (threaten to use physical force) (display a means of force) in defense of (himself) (herself) (someone else) ([his] [her] dwelling) ([his] [her] place of work) ([his] [her] occupied vehicle) ([his] [her] property) if (he) (she) is (attempting to commit) (committing) (escaping after the commission of) insert name of forcible felony .
[For the elements of insert name of felony , see instruction insert instruction number .]
[As used in this instruction, insert name of felony is insert elements from the appropriate pattern instruction .]