Trace Your Case

ISSUE:

Can the shooter claim self defense because he mistook the police officer as the burglars?

RULE:

Where a defendant in a civil action attempts to justify on a plea of necessary self-defense, he must satisfy the jury not only that he acted honestly in using force, but that his fears were reasonable under the circumstances; and also as to the reasonableness of the means made use of.

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