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

§ K – 3.68. Justification (Use of Force to Prevent Serious Bodily Injury or Death) 1985

Current as of 2019

A person may use force upon another person who is about to commit suicide or suffer serious bodily injury if the force used is to prevent the death or serious bodily injury of the other person.

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NDCC 12.1-05-05(5), 12.1-05-12(1)

2005 – reviewed with no changes

 

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