QUESTION
need help for fictional school court case
Asked on Apr 30th, 2024 on Education Law - Pennsylvania
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We are doing a court case in our seventh grade honors english language arts class for "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street," a fictional story by Rod Sterling. We are here to prove whether or not Charlie is guilty of shooting Pete Van Horn. To sum it up, he shot out of fear and couldn't see who the dark figure was. He was so afraid he shot because he thought that it was an alien because everyone's lights were going out and mass hysteria was going on. Are there any laws to prove he is innocent?
1 ANSWER
A person can use deadly force in self defense if he reasonably believes that his life or limb is in imminent danger. So if this person on maple street reasonably believe that it was necessary to shoot his victim because his victim would use deadly force against him then he may have a self defense claim.
Answered on Apr 30th, 2024 at 8:51 AM