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by v-rog
Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:06 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Good Samaritan shot man he tried to help
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Re: Good Samaritan shot man he tried to help

Sec. 9.33. DEFENSE OF THIRD PERSON. A person is justified in using force or deadly force against another to protect a third person if:

(1) under the circumstances as the actor reasonably believes them to be, the actor would be justified under Section 9.31 or 9.32 in using force or deadly force to protect himself against the unlawful force or unlawful deadly force he reasonably believes to be threatening the third person he seeks to protect; and

(2) the actor reasonably believes that his intervention is immediately necessary to protect the third person.

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