PRO wrote:It seems to me the system failed everybody involved here.
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PRO wrote:It seems to me the system failed everybody involved here.
But if you have someone else kick in my door and you're standing outside, can I run past the one who kicked in the door, and shoot you for standing by and overseeing?KD5NRH wrote:Is there a requirement in "attempting to enter unlawfully and with force, the actor's occupied habitation" that the attempted entry be by that person's own force? If I have someone else kick in your door for me, am I then free to go on in and help myself to your stuff?
So the ex-resident was standing by, overseeing it. Standing by and overseeing. Is this justification for use of deadly force?Hoi Polloi wrote:The ex-resident paid someone to break-in to her house and was standing by, overseeing it.