Mississippi Model Jury Instructions- Criminal CHAPTER 5 DEFENSES 511 Self-Defense – No Duty to Retreat While the danger that justifies one person taking another person’s life must be immediate, pending, and present, such danger does not need to be unavoidable except by killing in self-defense. The defendant is not required to flee from the danger […]
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Connecticut Judicial Branch Jury Instructions- Criminal PART 2: GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 2.7 GENERAL DEFENSES 2.7 Introduction to General Defenses The defenses codified in the Penal Code are not intended to preclude recognition of any defenses or aspects of the statutory defenses available at common law not inconsistent with the statutory provisions. General Statutes § 53a-4. See
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Model Utah Jury Instructions, Second Edition – Criminal Homicide CR1410 Explanation of Imperfect Self-Defense as Partial Defense to Aggravated Murder or Murder. Imperfect self-defense is a partial defense to the charge of [aggravated] murder [attempted aggravated murder/attempted murder]. It applies when the defendant caused the death of another while incorrectly, but reasonably, believing that (his)
Model Utah Jury Instructions, Second Edition – Criminal Homicide CR1401 Practitioner’s Note: Explanation Concerning Homicide Elements Instructions. Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-201 defining criminal homicide, does not now (although it once did) include the term “unlawfully,” nor do any of the specific homicide sections. Utah law does not require the prosecution to negate lawful justification
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Maryland Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions (MSBA) CHAPTER FOUR CRIMINAL OFFENSES FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT (STAND ALONE) MPJI-Cr 4:01.1B A INTENT TO FRIGHTEN The defendant is charged with the crime of first degree assault. In order to convict the defendant, the State must prove: (1) that the defendant committed an act with the intent to place (name)
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Colorado Jury Instructions, Criminal (2023) CHAPTER H: DEFENSES SECTION I: DEFENSES THAT ARE GENERALLY APPLICABLE H:18.5: RENDERING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO AN AT-RISK PERSON OR AN ANIMAL IN A LOCKED VEHICLE The evidence presented in this case has raised the affirmative defense of “rendering emergency assistance to an at-risk person or an animal in a locked
California Criminal Jury Instructions (CALCRIM 2023) 625. Voluntary Intoxication: Effects on Homicide Crimes (Pen. Code, § 29.4) You may consider evidence, if any, of the defendant’s voluntary intoxication only in a limited way. You may consider that evidence only in deciding whether the defendant acted with an intent to kill[,] [or] [the defendant acted with
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California Criminal Jury Instructions (CALCRIM 2023) 3411. Mistake of Law As a Defense [I have already explained that it is not a defense to the crime[s] of ___________ <insert crime[s]> that the defendant did not know (he/she) was breaking the law or that (he/she) believed (his/her) act was lawful. But when you consider the crime[s]
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California Criminal Jury Instructions (CALCRIM 2023) 3407. Defenses: Mistake of Law It is not a defense to the crime[s] of ___________ <insert crime[s]> that the defendant did not know (he/she) was breaking the law or that (he/ she) believed (his/her) act was lawful. New January 2006 [230529]
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California Criminal Jury Instructions (CALCRIM 2023) 3406. Mistake of Fact The defendant is not guilty of __________ <insert crime[s]> if (he/she) did not have the intent or mental state required to commit the crime because (he/she) [reasonably] did not know a fact or [reasonably and] mistakenly believed a fact. If the defendant’s conduct would have
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