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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 […]

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

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]

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]

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

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

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

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

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

Washington Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal PART IV DEFENSES WPIC CHAPTER 16 JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE WPIC 16.02 JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE—DEFENSE OF SELF AND OTHERS 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 lawful defense of [the slayer] [the