SB0011 - Tennessee: Criminal Procedure

Companion Bill HB1907. Criminal Procedure - Specifies circumstance in which a person has no duty to retreat before threatening or using force in self defense; extends circumstances under which there is a legal presumption that a person using deadly force in self defense had a reasonable belief of death; confers civil immunity upon person properly using self defense. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11, Part 6. Fiscal Summary for *SB0011 / HB1907Decrease State Expenditures - $46,000/Incarceration Bill Summary for *SB0011 / HB1907 This bill revises present law governing self-defense. PRESENT LAW Under present law, a person is justified in threatening or using force against another individual when and to the degree the person reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary for self-defense. The person must have a reasonable [...]

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