Court Opinion

ID: 9584765
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:52:28.632362+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:15:22.039808
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Justice SCOTT
concurs.

APPENDIX ONE

Instruction No. 10
It is an affirmative defense to the crime of Manslaughter that the defendant used deadly physical force because
1. he reasonably believed a lesser degree of force was inadequate, and
2. he had reasonable grounds to believe, and did believe, that he or another person was in imminent danger of being killed or of receiving great bodily injury.
Instruction 11
It is an affirmative defense to the crime of Manslaughter that the Defendant used physical force, including deadly physical force, against another person, that
1. while the Defendant was an occupant of a dwelling,
2. the other person made an unlawful entry into that dwelling,
3. the Defendant had a reasonable belief that the other person had committed or is committing or intends to commit a crime in the dwelling in addition to the uninvited entry,
4.and the Defendant reasonably believed that the other person might have used any physical force[,] no matter how slight, against an occupant of the dwelling.
Instruction 11A
The evidence presented in this case has raised affirmative defenses.
The prosecution has the burden of proving the guilt of the defendant to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt as to the affirmative defenses as well as to all the elements of the crime charged.
After considering the evidence concerning the affirmative defenses with all the other evidence in this case, if you are not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt of the defendant’s guilt, you must return a verdict of not guilty.