The intentional taking of the life of another is not authorized by section 609.06 , except when necessary in resisting or preventing an offense which the actor reasonably believes exposes the actor or another to great bodily harm or death, or preventing the commission of a felony in the actor's place of abode.
Minn. Stat. § 609.065
JUSTIFIABLE TAKING OF LIFE.
Known as the Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 609.01 to 609.912 (377 sections).
Applied in 23 court decisions — leading case State v. Griller (1998)
Most recently applied in State v. Pollard (July 2017)
1963 c 753 art 1 s 609 .065; 1978 c 736 s 1; 1986 c 444
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.