GroundRules
Iowa Code § 704.3: Defense of self or another.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)
- Chapter 704 - FORCE — REASONABLE OR DEADLY — DEFENSES
A person is justified in the use of reasonable force when the person reasonably believes that such force is necessary to defend oneself or another from any actual or imminent use of unlawful force.
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