Tennessee Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal CHAPTER 2 PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE, BURDEN OF PROOF, REASONABLE DOUBT, RESTATEMENT OF CRIME CHARGED, AND ALTERNATIVE DEFINITIONS § 2.03 REASONABLE DOUBT Reasonable doubt is that doubt created by an investigation of all the proof in the case and an inability, after such investigation, to let the mind rest easily […]
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NOTE: Dated, use instead South Carolina Requests to Charge – Criminal, 2nd Edition South Carolina Criminal Jury Charges SC Chapter 8 – defenses. Habitation Home If the defendant, or a member of the defendant’s household, is attacked in the defendant’s own home, the defendant may use the force which appears to be needed to protect
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NOTE: Dated, use instead South Carolina Requests to Charge – Criminal, 2nd Edition South Carolina Criminal Jury Charges SC Chapter 8 – defenses. Degree of force A person cannot be required to make an exact calculation as to the degree or amount of force which may be needed to avoid death or serious bodily harm.
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NOTE: Dated, use instead South Carolina Requests to Charge – Criminal, 2nd Edition South Carolina Criminal Jury Charges SC Chapter 8 – defenses. Self-defense The defendant has raised the defense of self-defense. Self-defense is a complete defense and, if it is established, you must find the defendant not guilty. The state has the burden of
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NOTE: Dated, use instead South Carolina Requests to Charge – Criminal, 2nd Edition South Carolina Criminal Jury Charges SC Chapter 8 – defenses. Necessity The defendant has raised the defense of necessity. In order to excuse the crime on the ground of necessity, the defendant must show by a preponderance, or greater weight, of the
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NOTE: Dated, use instead South Carolina Requests to Charge – Criminal, 2nd Edition South Carolina Criminal Jury Charges SC Chapter 8 – defenses. Citizen – arrest A citizen may arrest a person under certain circumstances and use whatever means are necessary to make the arrest. [charge only the applicable circumstances below.] [(1) a citizen may
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NOTE: Dated, use instead South Carolina Requests to Charge – Criminal, 2nd Edition South Carolina Criminal Jury Charges SC Chapter 8 – defenses Accident The defendant has raised the defense of accident. An act may be excused on the ground of accident if it is shown that the act was unintentional, that the defendant was
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Oklahoma Criminal Jury Instructions CHAPTER 8 DEFENSES I. DEFENSE OF SELF-DEFENSE 8-56 Defense of Self-Defense – Definitions Altercation – Heated dispute or controversy. Reference: Black’s Law Dictionary 71 (5th ed. 1979). Imminent danger – Danger that is pressing, urgent, or immediate. References: Lary v. State, 50 Okl. Cr. 111, 296 P. 512 (1931); Turner v.
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Oklahoma Criminal Jury Instructions CHAPTER 8 DEFENSES I. DEFENSE OF SELF-DEFENSE 8-55 Trespasser Defined A person is a trespasser if that person has ([entered without consent]/[is unlawfully] upon the land of another)/(refused to leave the land of another after a lawful request to leave has been made to him/her). Committee Comments A person who is
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Oklahoma Criminal Jury Instructions CHAPTER 8 DEFENSES I. DEFENSE OF SELF-DEFENSE 8-54 Availability to a Trespasser The defense of self-defense is available to a person who was a trespasser only if the trespasser availed or attempted to avail himself/herself of a reasonable means of retreat from the imminent danger of (death or great bodily harm)/(bodily
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