CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 3474
Danger No Longer Exists or Attacker Disabled
The right to use force in (self-defense/ [or] defense of another) continues
only as long as the danger exists or reasonably appears to exist. [When
the attacker (withdraws/ [or] no longer appears capable of inflicting any
injury), then the right to use force ends.]
New January 2006
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2019
- Content hash
331e72fedb7802661f2f9fb215aef0e4b8930e1ac38239487e0af0d2672bcb74
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