OK OUJI-CR 8-53. DEFENSE OF SELF-DEFENSE – AGGRESSOR DEFINED

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Oklahoma Uniform Jury Instructions–Criminal (OUJI-CR)

OK OUJI-CR 8-53.  DEFENSE OF SELF-DEFENSE – AGGRESSOR DEFINED

A person is an aggressor when that person by his/her wrongful acts provokes, brings about, or continues an altercation. [The use of words alone cannot make a person an aggressor.]

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