Oklahoma Uniform Jury Instructions–Criminal (OUJI-CR)

OK OUJI-CR 8-4.  DEFENSE OF ANOTHER -JUSTIFIABLE USE OF NONDEADLY FORCE

A person is justified in using force in defense of another if that person reasonably believed that use of force was necessary to protect another from imminent danger of bodily harm. Defense of another is a defense although the danger to the personal security of another may not have been real, if a reasonable person, in the circumstances and from the viewpoint of the defendant, would reasonably have believed that another was in imminent danger of bodily harm. The amount of force used may not exceed the amount of force a reasonable person, in the circumstances and from the viewpoint of the defendant, would have used to prevent the bodily harm.

NOTE: Updated by LOSD, 10/24/17.