Defenses

Question 1

Initial aggressors right to use deadly force

Answer 1

An initial aggressor gains the right to act in self-defense where an aggressor using nondeadly force is met with deadly force or the aggressor, in good faith, completely withdraws from the altercation and communicates this fact to the victim. In this case, the officer’s nondeadly force was met with deadly force, and thus he was entitled to use self-defens