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castle doctrine

A legal principle allowing a person to use force, including deadly force, to defend their home without a duty to retreat.

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Related category: Homicide

Murder, manslaughter, felony murder and criminal negligence causing death — the cases where the question is not only what happened, but what the accused meant. The newest Homicide cases in the library:

• Red-Light Ambush 1964 People v. La Voie — Murder
• The Promise to Feed 1992 Commonwealth v. Pestinikas — Third-Degree Murder (by Omission)
• Too Drunk to Care 1983 People v. Register — Depraved Indifference Murder
• The Owner Shot First 1965 People v. Washington — Felony Murder
• The Christmas Eve Shooting 1987 State v. Forrest — Murder — First Degree

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See also: Defenses

• affirmative defense
• self-defense
• necessity
• insanity defense
• entrapment

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