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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 12.07
Assault or Battery - Self-Defense, Retreat
A person may use reasonable force in self-defense even if [he][she] could have avoided the need to use force by retreating or taking some other action.
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 12.07, dated Revised 2017; list of updates: March 2017. Prepared by the Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee; published by the Alaska Court System. The Alaska Court System states that these instructions "have not been approved or promulgated by any court or the Alaska Bar Association."
Provenance
- Source
- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
1e2a50874fe2e39d702a0cc023c03cf79b68dced5f06f7fc4919ad743d5a1d29
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