North Dakota Self-Defense

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This is a sample jury instruction, whereby the court instructs the jury on the concept of self defense in an assault situation. Care must be taken that the language of the instruction complies with the law in your state and not subject to reversal on appeal.

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Texas law gives people the right to defend themselves, others in harm's way, their possessions and their private spaces (home, office or workplace). People can sometimes use deadly force when they consider it ?reasonable? in response to crimes like sexual assault, robbery or murder.

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Thirty-eight states are stand-your-ground states, all but eight by statutes providing "that there is no duty to retreat from an attacker in any place in which one is lawfully present": Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, ...

Source: SL 2021, ch 93, § 8. 22-18-4.7. Deadly force--Defense of property other than a dwelling. A person is justified in using or threatening to use deadly force only if the person reasonably believes that the use of deadly force is necessary to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony.

While many states have enacted ?stand your ground? laws, Minnesota does not have a so-called stand your ground law. Minnesota law imposes a ?duty to retreat,? which means that if a person feels threatened, he or she may only use deadly force as a last resort.

0504. A person is justified in using force upon another person in order to defend anyone else if: 1. The person defended would be justified in defending himself; and 2. The person coming to the defense has not, by provocation or otherwise, forfeited the right of selfdefense.

(1) A person is justified in using or threatening to use force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or herself or another against the other's imminent use of unlawful force.

Self-defense laws in at least 23 states (Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee West Virginia and Wisconsin) provide civil immunity ...

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North Dakota Self-Defense