State v. McNally’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “If [defendant] reasonably believed that the officer arresting [him was] using more physical force than was necessary to make the arrest, then [defendant] was entitled to use physical force in self-defense. In defending, [defendant] was entitled to use only that degree of physical force that [he] reasonably believed to be necessary to defend [himself] against what [he] believed to be the excessive force.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 290 Or. App. 152 - State v. Flack