CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 1304
Affirmative Defense—Self-Defense/Defense of Others
[Name of defendant] claims that [he/she/ nonbinary pronoun] is not
responsible for [name of plaintiff]’s harm because [he/she/ nonbinary
pronoun] was acting in [self-defense/defense of another]. To succeed,
[name of defendant] must prove both of the following:
1. That [name of defendant] reasonably believed that [name of
plaintiff] was going to harm [him/her/ nonbinary pronoun /[insert
identification of other person]]; and
2. That [name of defendant] used only the amount of force that was
reasonably necessary to protect [himself/herself/ nonbinary
pronoun/[insert identification of other person]].
New September 2003; Revised June 2014
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
84b7ea94908aa388ea095035cbb3f574d32ffecef980f7d2f9c6da5e5775af6b
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