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Matched Legal Cases: ['§76', '§76', '§76', '§76', '§76', '§76', '§76']

The amount of force a person is justified in using to defend themselves or another depends on the following conditions: The person's reasonable belief in the perceived threat to themselves or another4; Whether the person created the circumstance in which force or threatened use of force was used to defend themselves or another5; and Whether the person was lawfully in the place were force or threatened use of force was used to defend themselves or another6.
In determining a person's reasonable belief in the perceived threat, the judge or jury may consider, but is not limited to, any of the following: the nature of the danger; the immediacy of the danger; the probability that the unlawful force would result in death or serious bodily injury; the other person's prior violent acts or violent propensities; and any patterns of abuse or violence in the parties' relationship7.
1Utah Code Ann. §76-2-401(1) 2Utah Code Ann. §76-2-402(1) 3State v. Wilson, 565 P.2d 695 (Utah 1977) 4Utah Code Ann. §76-2-402(1)(a) and §76-2-402(1)(b) 5Utah Code Ann. §76-2-402(2) 6Utah Code Ann. §76-2-402(3) 7Utah Code Ann. §76-2-402(5)