Washington Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal PART IV DEFENSES WPIC CHAPTER 21 REIMBURSEMENT OF DEFENSE COSTS WPIC 21.01 REIMBURSEMENT OF DEFENSE COSTS—SELF-DEFENSE REIMBURSEMENT—ORAL INTRODUCTORY INSTRUCTION Based on your verdict in this case, there is an additional issue that the law requires you to decide. The defendant has alleged that [he] [she] acted in self-defense. You […]
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal PART IV DEFENSES WPIC CHAPTER 17 LAWFUL FORCE-CHARGES OTHER THAN HOMICIDE WPIC 17.05 LAWFUL FORCE—NO DUTY TO RETREAT It is lawful for a person who is in a place where that person has a right to be and who has reasonable grounds for believing that [he] [she] is being
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Washington Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal PART IV DEFENSES WPIC CHAPTER 17 LAWFUL FORCE-CHARGES OTHER THAN HOMICIDE WPIC 17.04 LAWFUL FORCE—ACTUAL DANGER NOT NECESSARY A person is entitled to act on appearances in defending [himself] [herself] [another], if [he] [she] believes in good faith and on reasonable grounds that [he] [she] [another] is in actual
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Washington Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal PART IV DEFENSES WPIC CHAPTER 17 LAWFUL FORCE-CHARGES OTHER THAN HOMICIDE WPIC 17.02 LAWFUL FORCE—DEFENSE OF SELF, OTHERS, PROPERTY It is a defense to a charge of (fill in crime) that the force [used] [attempted] [offered to be used] was lawful as defined in this Instruction. [The [use of]
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Washington Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal PART IV DEFENSES WPIC CHAPTER 16 JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE WPIC 16.08 NO DUTY TO RETREAT It is lawful for a person who is in a place where that person has a right to be and who has reasonable grounds for believing that [he] [she] is being attacked to stand [his]
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Washington Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal PART IV DEFENSES WPIC CHAPTER 16 JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE WPIC 16.07 JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE—ACTUAL DANGER NOT NECESSARY A person is entitled to act on appearances in defending [himself] [herself] [another], if that person believes in good faith and on reasonable grounds that [he] [she] [another] is in actual danger of great
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Washington Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal PART IV DEFENSES WPIC CHAPTER 16 JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE WPIC 16.05 NECESSARY—DEFINITION Necessary means that, under the circumstances as they reasonably appeared to the actor at the time, (1) no reasonably effective alternative to the use of force appeared to exist and (2) the amount of force used was reasonable
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Washington Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal PART IV DEFENSES WPIC CHAPTER 16 JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE WPIC 16.04.01 AGGRESSOR—DEFENSE OF OTHERS One who acts in defense of another, reasonably believing the other to be the innocent party and in danger, Is Justified in using force necessary to protect that person even if, in fact, the person whom
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Washington Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal PART IV DEFENSES WPIC CHAPTER 16 JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE WPIC 16.04 AGGRESSOR—DEFENSE OF SELF No person may, by any intentional act reasonably likely to provoke a belligerent response, create a necessity for acting In self-defense [or] [defense of another] and thereupon [kill] [use, offer, or attempt to use force upon
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Washington Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal PART IV DEFENSES WPIC CHAPTER 16 JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE WPIC 16.03 JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE—RESISTANCE TO FELONY It is a defense to a charge of [murder] [manslaughter] that the homicide was justifiable as defined in this instruction. Homicide is justifiable when committed in the actual resistance of an attempt to commit a
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