Self Defense
This is where the defender can use deadly force only if they reasonably believe that it is necessary to fight back against an imminent deadly attack.
What is proportionality?
This court case is where protestors argued for the right to prevent abortions by violating the law, because they defended the right of unborn children to live.
What is State v. Aguillard?
This law authorized individuals to use guns they have the right to have.
What are castle laws?
This is the code to the choice-of-evil in 3 steps: Identify the evils, rank the evils, and choose based on the reasonable belief that great evil is imminent.
What is the Model Penal Code?
This is the consent when the person understands what they are consenting to and is not too young or insane to understand.
What is knowing consent?
This is what the defender who did not start or provoke the attack is called.
What is a nonaggressor?
This was the year of the State v. Aguillard case.
What is 1990?
This doctrine was intended to expand the right to use deadly force in self-defense.
What is castle doctrine?
A person breaks into a shed to avoid a dangerous storm and escape an immediate threat to their life. Under what justification might this person raise?
What is choice-of-evil?
This is consent given of free will, not forced or by trickery.
What is voluntary consent?
This is the defence that you can use under three circumstances: necessity is great, it exists "right now", and for prevention only.
What is self-defense?
Defense of others is often described as allowing a person to step into the position of this person(describe what "this person" is).
Who is the person being attacked?
The traditional castle doctrine primarily concerns the use of force to protect this location.
What is one's home or dwelling?
The other name for the "choice of evils" defense.
What is the general defense of necessity?
This is where a person has the authority to give consent.
What is authorized consent?
This is the rule where you have to retreat if you believe you are in danger of death or bodily harm, and backing off will not put you in danger of death or serious bodily harm.
What is the retreat rule?
This is the use of force or violence to protect others from an attack.
What is the defense of others?
The Castel laws give protection generally concerning defending people against this type of conduct.
What is unlawful entry or attack by an intruder?
This is the historian of criminal law who believed the defense of necessity was vague enough that the judge could interpret it in any way they wanted.
Who is Judge Sir James F. Stephen?
This is when a competent adult voluntarily agrees to crimes against themselves and knows what they are consenting to.
What is the defense of consent?
Connecticut Supreme Court relied on a family violence case to create an exception to the retreat rule even tho is was male roommates.
What is a cohabitant exception?
If a bystander sees someone being violently attacked and the bystander uses reasonable force to stop the attacker. Which justification is most directly involved?
What is the defense of others?
The area immediately surrounding the home.
What is curtilage?
This defense is the choice to commit a lesser crime to avoid the harm of a greater crime.
What is the choice-of-evil defense?
These are the four situations where consent justifies otherwise criminal conduct.
What is no serious injury from consensual crime, injury during a sporting event, conduct that benefits the consenting person, and consent to sexual conduct?