Cal. Penal Code § 196
Homicide
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2019
As of January 1, 2011
Homicide is justifiable when committed by public officers and those acting by their command in their aid and assistance, either—
Homicide is justifiable when committed by peace officers and those acting by their command in their aid and assistance, under either of the following circumstances:
(a) In obedience to any judgment of a competent court.
2. When necessarily committed in overcoming actual resistance to the execution of some legal process, or in the discharge of any other legal duty; or,
3. When necessarily committed in retaking felons who have been rescued or have escaped, or when necessarily committed in arresting persons charged with felony, and who are fleeing from justice or resisting such arrest.
(b) When the homicide results from a peace officer’s use of force that is in compliance with Section 835a.
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