United States v. Peterson

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia (1973)

This case does not contain any facts and it only contains legal reasoning. The court in this case decided that self-defense can only be used in situations where there is immediate danger of deadly force being used against the defender. The court stated that the defender must have the subjective belief that he is about to be attacked and this belief must be objectively reasonalbe. The court further stated that "the right of self-defense arises only when the necessity begins, and equally ends with the necessity..."

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