CPL Content Review Study Guide ver 1. BV

Self Defense Act

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 Summary overview  PA 309 creates the Self Defense Act and specifies that it is not a crime to use force or deadly force to defend oneself if that person is not breaking any laws when defensive force was used.  PA 310 puts the burden of proof on the prosecutor to show that a person acted unlawfully in the application of force, rather than the person using the force having to prove they acted lawfully.

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