North Dakota Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal
NORTH DAKOTA PATTERN JURY INSTRUCTIONS-CRIMINAL
Defenses

§ K – 3.40. Defense of Others 1985

Current as of 2019

A person is justified in using force upon another in order to defend anyone else if the one defended would be justified to act in self-defense and the person coming to the defense has not, by provocation or otherwise, forfeited the right of self-defense.

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NDCC 12.1-05-04, 12.1-05-12(1), 14-02-07

reviewed 2013 with no changes

 

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