Defense of Another Flashcards
1
Q
Defense of Another
A
in matters involving deadly force, the thing defended must be another person; property insufficient to establish
two approaches:
1. reasonable appearance rule
2. alter ego rule
2
Q
Reasonable Appearance Rule
A
an intervenor is justified in using deadly or non-deadly force to the extent that such force reasonably appears to the intervenor to be justified in the defense of the third party.
3
Q
Alter ego rule
A
intervenor may only use force to defend a third party if the defended party would in fact have been justified in using force to the same degree in self-defense;
intervenor steps into the shoes of the person defended
4
Q
mpc
A
has variation of the reasonable appearance rule
(idk)
