10 Minn. Prac., Jury Instr. Guides–Criminal CRIMJIG 11.24 (6th ed.) September 2020 update Part II. Specific Crimes A. Crimes Against the Person Chapter 11. Homicide CRIMJIG 11.24 Murder in the Second Degree–Defined Under the laws of Minnesota, a person intentionally causing the death of another person, but without premeditation, is guilty of murder in the […]
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Michigan Model Criminal Jury Instructions CHAPTER 7 Defenses M Crim JI 7.16 Conditions for Using Force or Deadly Force [ Select from the following depending on the evidence and circumstances:] (1) A person can use [force / deadly force] in self-defense only where it is necessary to do so. If the defendant could have safely
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Wyoming Pattern Jury Instructions (WPJIC) 8.07C3 EXCEPTIONS TO INTRUDER PRESUMPTIONS FOR PEACE OFFICERS You are instructed that the presumption contained in Instruction 8.07B shall not apply if you find that the person against whom defensive force is used is a peace officer who entered another’s home or attempted to enter another’s home or habitation in
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Wyoming Pattern Jury Instructions (WPJIC) 8.07C2 EXCEPTIONS TO INTRUDER PRESUMPTIONS FOR REMOVAL OF CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN You are instructed that the presumption contained in Instruction 8.07B shall not apply if you find that the person sought to be removed is a child or grandchild or is otherwise in the lawful custody or under the lawful
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Wyoming Pattern Jury Instructions (WPJIC) 8.07C1 EXCEPTIONS TO INTRUDER PRESUMPTIONS INVOLVING HOME AND HABITATION You are instructed that the presumption contained in Instruction 8.07B shall not apply if you find that the person against whom the defensive force is used [has a right to be in] [is a lawful resident of] a home or habitation
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Wyoming Pattern Jury Instructions (WPJIC) 8.07B PRESUMPTION – INTENT OF INTRUDER A person who unlawfully and by force enters or attempts to enter another’s home or habitation is presumed to be doing so with the intent to commit an unlawful act involving force or violence. Source: W.S. § 6-2-602(c) Adopted 2009
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Wyoming Pattern Jury Instructions (WPJIC) 8.07A PRESUMPTION – REASONABLE USE OF FORCE IN OWN RESIDENCE A person is presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or serious bodily injury to himself or another when using defensive force that is intended or likely to cause death or serious bodily injury to
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Wyoming Pattern Jury Instructions (WPJIC) 8.07 NO DUTY TO RETREAT AT OWN RESIDENCE If the defendant at his place of residence had reasonable ground to believe and actually did believe that he was in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm and that the use of deadly force was necessary to repel such danger,
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Wyoming Pattern Jury Instructions (WPJIC) 8.06 RESISTING AN INTRUDER UPON ONE’S PROPERTY A person may defend his home or habitation against anyone who manifestly intends or endeavors in a violent or riotous manner, to enter that home or habitation and who appears to intend violence to any person in that home or habitation. The amount
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Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Charges § CPJC 36.9 Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Charges CRIMINAL DEFENSES CHAPTER 36 DEFENSE OF PROPERTY § CPJC 36.9 Deadly Force in Defense of Land Generally The structure of Texas Penal Code section 9.42 creates some difficulty in determining when evidence raises an issue concerning the defense of protection of land
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