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California Penal Code

§ 198

PEN § 198Title 8 · Part 1 · Ch. 1

Statute text

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A bare fear of the commission of any of the offenses mentioned in subdivisions 2 and 3 of Section 197, to prevent which homicide may be lawfully committed, is not sufficient to justify it. But the circumstances must be sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable person, and the party killing must have acted under the influence of such fears alone.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 828, Sec. 8.

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