{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-198","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 198","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 8. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON [187. - 248.]","CHAPTER 1. Homicide [187. - 199.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"53c297da15e952cba989458278dfdd2389ad71fad5ec51f1a212c3006cadac29","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-197","next":"us-ca/pen-198.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}