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Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction 11.81.340
Justification: Use of Force in Defense of Third Person
A defendant is justified in using force upon another person when and to the extent the defendant reasonably believes it is necessary to defend a third person when, under the circumstances as the defendant reasonably believed them to be, the third person would have been justified in using that degree of force for self-defense.
Unless the state has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did not act in defense of a third person, you shall find the defendant not guilty.
History
Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions 11.81.340, dated Revised 2009. Prepared by the Alaska Criminal 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
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