NEVADA JURY INSTRUCTIONS (Nevada Practicing Attorneys Council; Washoe County) NV #4 Provocation/Aggressor The right of self-defense is not available to a person who seeks a quarrel with the intent to create a real or apparent necessity of exercising self-defense.
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NEVADA JURY INSTRUCTIONS (Nevada Practicing Attorneys Council; Washoe County) NV #2 Reasonable and Actual Fear of Harm; No Revenge NRS 200.130 provides that a bare fear of any of the offenses mentioned in NRS 200.120, to prevent which the homicide is alleged to have been committed, shall not be sufficient to justify the killing.
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NEVADA JURY INSTRUCTIONS (Nevada Practicing Attorneys Council; Washoe County) NV #1 Self Defense NRS 200.200 provides that if a person kills another in self-defense, it must appear that 1. The danger was so urgent and pressing that, in order to save his own life, or to prevent his receiving great bodily harm, the killing
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Montana Criminal Jury Instructions CHAPTER 3: JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE 3-110 Issues–Justifiable Use of Force as a Defense The Defendant has offered evidence of justifiable use of force in this case You are to consider the following requirements of the law in determining whether the use of force claimed by Defendant was justified: [1] The
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Montana Criminal Jury Instructions CHAPTER 3: JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE 3-109 Justifiable Use of Force as a Defense–Burden of Proof If the Defendant has offered evidence of justifiable use of force, the State has the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the Defendant’s actions were not justified. If you find that he/she has
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Montana Criminal Jury Instructions CHAPTER 3: JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE 3-105 Use of Force to Prevent Escape from Custody A [peace officer] [person] who has an arrested person in his/her custody is justified in the use of such force as is necessary and reasonable to prevent the escape of the arrested person. GIVEN: ______________________________ DISTRICT
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Montana Criminal Jury Instructions CHAPTER 3: JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE 3-104 Use of Force by Aggressor The use of force in defense of [a person][occupied structure][other property] is not available to a person who [1] is attempting to commit, committing, or escaping after the commission of a forcible felony; OR [2] purposely or knowingly provokes
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Montana Criminal Jury Instructions CHAPTER 3: JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE 3-103 Use of Force in Defense of Other Property A person is justified in the use of force or threat to use force when and to the extent that he/she reasonably believes such conduct is necessary to [prevent] [terminate] another’s [trespass on] [wrongful interference with]
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Montana Criminal Jury Instructions CHAPTER 3: JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE 3-102 Use of Force in Defense of Occupied Structure A person is justified in the use of force or threat to use force when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that the use of force is necessary to [prevent] [terminate] another’s unlawful
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Montana Criminal Jury Instructions CHAPTER 3: JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE 3-101 Use of Force in Defense of a Person A person is justified in the use of force or threat to use force when and to the extent that he/she reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend [himself/herself] [another] against the imminent use
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