TCA
§36-6-626; §39-17-1308a; §39-17-1365
•A person who is not engaged in
unlawful activity and in a place where they have a right to be, has no duty to
retreat before using Defensive
Force against another person
•
•Such Defensive Force can be used
when and to the degree the person reasonably believes is immediately necessary
to protect against another’s use of unlawful force
•
•Deadly
Force can be used when a person has a
reasonable belief that there is an imminent danger of death or serious bodily
injury
•There is no duty to retreat before
using Defensive Force, including Deadly Force, against another’s use of
unlawful force
